Job 16:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ though there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Not for any injustice in mine hands: Also my prayer is pure.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ But there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ My face is swollen from weeping, and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.

Job 16:17 Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Jonah 3:8

Humans and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs cannot serve as clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.

Job 15:34

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

Job 15:20

The wicked writhe in pain all their days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,

Job 16:18

“O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting place.

Job 27:4

my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 33:9

You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.

Psalm 17:1

Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.