King James Version

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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מְלִיצַ֥יmelitsaymake a mockלוּץverb, hiphil, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “make a mock”, a verb used as a describing wordH3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercedeambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.רֵעָ֑יreaybrotherרֵעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “brother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7453an associate (more or less close)brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).דָּלְפָ֥הdalefahdrop throughדָּלַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “drop through”, a completed actionH1811to drip; by implication, to weepdrop through, melt, pour out.עֵינִֽיeynieye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

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American Standard Version (1901)

My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

Young’s Literal Translation

My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

World English Bible

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

Darby Translation

My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

Douay-Rheims

For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.