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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויוכח לגבר עם-אלוה ובן-אדם לרעהו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyvkKH lgbr `m-Alvh vbn-Adm lr`hv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
verbosi mei amici mei ad Deum stillat oculus meus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
King James 2000 (out of print)   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Authorized (King James) Version   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
New King James Version   
Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
21st Century King James Version   
O, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!

Other translations
American Standard Version   
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
Darby Bible Translation   
Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbour!
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
God's Word   
But my witness will plead for a human in front of God. The Son of Man will plead for his friend!
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
I wish that someone might arbitrate between a man and God just as a man pleads for his friend.
International Standard Version   
crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.
NET Bible   
and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
New American Standard Bible   
"O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
New International Version   
on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
New Living Translation   
I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.
Webster's Bible Translation   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
The World English Bible   
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
EasyEnglish Bible   
I need someone to speak to God on my behalf. He should ask God not to punish me, as someone might try to help his friends.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.
New Life Version   
If only a man could give reasons to God, as a man does for his neighbor!
The Voice Bible   
Appealing to God as a mere man, as a human being might for the sake of his friend.
Living Bible   
pleading that he will listen as a man would listen to his neighbor.
New Catholic Bible   
pleading that he may listen to me as a person would listen to a neighbor.
Legacy Standard Bible   
O that a man might argue with God As a man with his neighbor!
Jubilee Bible 2000   
O that a man might dispute with God, as he can with his neighbour!
Christian Standard Bible   
I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor!
New Century Version   
He begs God on behalf of a human as a person begs for his friend.
The Message   
“O Earth, don’t cover up the wrong done to me! Don’t muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I’m weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. “Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
My intercessor pleads with God for a man, as another human pleads for his friend.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbor.
Good News Translation®   
I want someone to plead with God for me, as one pleads for a friend.
Wycliffe Bible   
And I would, that a man were deemed so with God, as the son of man is deemed with his fellow. (And I wish, that there was someone to plead with God for me, like the son of a man who pleadeth for his fellow, or for his friend.)
Contemporary English Version   
to show that I am right, just as a friend should.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbor.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbour.
Common English Bible © 2011   
let him plead with God for a human being, like a person pleads for a friend.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me] Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbour.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
That justice may be done for a mortal with God: as for a man with his neighbor.
New American Standard Bible   
That one might plead for a man with God As a son of man with his neighbor!
The Expanded Bible   
He ·begs God [negotiates/arbitrates with God] on behalf of a human as a person ·begs for [negotiates/arbitrates with] his friend.
Tree of Life Version   
he contends with God on behalf of man as one pleads for a friend.
Revised Standard Version   
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor.
New International Reader's Version   
He makes his appeal to God to help me as a person pleads for a friend.
BRG Bible   
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Complete Jewish Bible   
that he would arbitrate between a man and God, just as one does for his fellow human being.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbour.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
O that one might plead for a man with Eloah, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
Names of God Bible   
But my witness will plead for a human in front of Eloah. The Son of Man will plead for his friend!
Modern English Version   
Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
Easy-to-Read Version   
He speaks to God for me, like someone presenting an argument for a friend.
International Children’s Bible   
He begs God on behalf of a man as a man begs for his friend.
Lexham English Bible   
and it argues for a mortal with God, and as a human for his friend.
New International Version - UK   
on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.