Job 16:18-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 16:18-22: 16:18-22 Job expected his suffering to prove fatal (7:7 , 21 ; 10:20-22 ); he pleaded with God to reveal his innocence even if he died first. 16:18 Job’s blood would cry out that he had been innocent and that he had suffered undeservedly (cp. Gen 4:10-11 ; Isa 26:21 ; Ezek 24:7-8 ).

Summary for Job 16:18-22: 16:18-22 ^a Job expected his suffering to prove fatal (7:7 ^b, 21 ^c; 10:20-22 ^d); he pleaded with God to reveal his innocence even if he died first. 16:18 ^e Job’s blood would cry out that he had been innocent and that he had suffered undeservedly (cp. Gen 4:10-11 ^f; Isa 26:21 ^g; Ezek 24:7-8 ^h).
Summary for Job 16:19-21: 16:19-21 ⁱ my witness is in heaven: Job wished for a benevolent third party who would mediate between him and God (see 9:32-35 ^j). Job wanted an advocate from heaven (16:19 ^k; cp. Zech 3:1 ^l) who would eventually stand on the earth (Job 19:25 ^m; cp. 1 Sam 24:15 ⁿ; John 14:16 ^o, 26 ^p; 15:26 ^q; 16:7 ^r; 1 Jn 2:1 ^s).