Job 16:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

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

Nehemiah 4:5

No longer cover their iniquity nor blot out their sin, which is before You since they have made insults against the builders.

Job 16:17

though not for any violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:19

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Psalm 119:169

Let my cry come before You, O  Lord; give me understanding according to Your word.

Isaiah 1:15

When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the Lord comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed and shall cover her slain no more.

Jeremiah 22:29

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

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood is in her midst; she set it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.