Job 16:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Earth, don’t cover my blood; let my outcry never cease.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand, while I held pure prayers before God.

Job 16:18 Cross References

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;

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the LORD 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.

Genesis 4:11

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Jeremiah 22:29

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

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.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

Nehemiah 4:5

and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

Job 16:17

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

Job 16:19

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

Psalm 119:169

Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: Give me understanding according to thy word.