Job 16: Job Appeals to a Witness on High

Job answers Eliphaz by calling his friends poor comforters who only add to his pain. He describes God as an enemy who has worn him down and made him a target, yet insists he is innocent and looks to a heavenly witness to speak for him before he dies.

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In 16:18, what does Job ask of the earth?

To give back his children from the dust of the groundTo cover his body quickly so his shame is forgottenTo open up and swallow the friends who accuse himNot to hide his blood, so his cry for justice stays heard