Job 16:22

"that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the righteous conduct Job believed he maintained not just in his interactions with God, but also in his relationships with others. It underscores his conviction that his integrity and righteousness were evident both before God and among his fellow humans.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

When a few years are come -Margin “years of number;” that is, numbered years, or a few years. The same idea is expressed inJob 7:21; see the notes at that place. The idea is, that he must soon die. He desired, therefore, before he went down to the grave, to carry his cause before God, and to have, as he did not doubt he should have, the divine attestation in his favor; compare the notes atJob 19:25-27. Now he was overwhelmed with calamities and reproaches, and was about to die in this condition. He did not wish to die thus. He wished that the reproaches might be wiped off, and that his character might be cleared up and made fair.

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