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 · 2000

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Context

v.17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

v.18This passage

v.19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

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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