Job 16:17 “yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.”

Job 16:17

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

World English Bible

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.

Darby Translation

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Young's Literal Translation

Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.

Bible in Basic English

Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

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Cross references

“Not for”

Job 11:14 Job 15:20 Job 15:34 Job 22:5–9 Job 29:12–17 Job 31:1–40

Job 11:14 · BSB

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

Job 15:20 · BSB

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Job 15:34 · BSB

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

Job 22:5–9 · BSB

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Job 29:12–17 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 31:1–40 · BSB

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

“my prayer”

Proverbs 15:8 1 Timothy 2:8 Job 8:5 Job 8:6 Psalm 66:18 Psalm 66:19

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

1 Timothy 2:8 · BSB

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Job 8:5 · BSB

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Job 8:6 · BSB

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Psalm 66:18 · BSB

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 66:19 · BSB

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Also

Jonah 3:8 Isaiah 59:6

Jonah 3:8 · BSB

Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.

Isaiah 59:6 · BSB

Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

Read Job 16