Job 16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to r…”

Job 16:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

American Standard Version

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place.

Geneva Bible 1599

O earth, couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no place.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“O earth”

Jeremiah 22:29

Jeremiah 22:29 · BSB

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

“cover not”

Isaiah 26:21 Ezekiel 24:7 Genesis 4:11 Nehemiah 4:5

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Ezekiel 24:7 · BSB

For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Genesis 4:11 · BSB

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Nehemiah 4:5 · BSB

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

“let my cry”

Job 27:9 Isaiah 1:15 Psalm 66:18 Psalm 66:19 Isaiah 58:9 Isaiah 58:10

Job 27:9 · BSB

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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.

Isaiah 58:9 · BSB

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

Isaiah 58:10 · BSB

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

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

In context

17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

19Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

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