Job 16:18

A Conservative Version

O earth, do not cover thou my blood, and let my cry have no [resting] place.

Cross References

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon the bare rock. She did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, LORD comes 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 are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

Jeremiah 22:29

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

Isaiah 1:15

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my 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 comes upon him?

Nehemiah 4:5

and do not cover 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 my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:19

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who vouches for me is on high.

Psalm 119:169

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