Job 16:18
What does Job 16:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 16:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
- Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
- Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
- Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
- Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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