Bible Dictionary
Daysman
A daysman was an umpire or arbitrator who stood between two parties and judged their dispute. In Job, the term expresses the longing for someone able to mediate between Job and God.
Biblical Usage
In Job, the absence of a daysman expresses the lack of an arbiter between Job and God who could lay a hand upon both. The word is translated “umpire” in the Revised Version. The supplied material also associates the New Testament idea of mediation with the one mediator between God and men.
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