Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Puisse-t-il donner à l'homme raison contre Dieu, Et au fils de l'homme contre ses amis!
KJV
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
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