Job 16:18

New Century Version

“Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don’t let my cry ever stop being heard!

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother’s blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Nehemiah 4:5

Do not hide their guilt or take away their sins so that you can’t see them, because they have insulted the builders.”

Job 16:17

Yet my hands have never done anything cruel, and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:19

Even now I have one who speaks for me in heaven; the one who is on my side is high above.

Job 27:9

God will not listen to their cries when trouble comes to them.

Psalm 119:169

Hear my cry to you, Lord. Let your word help me understand.

Isaiah 1:15

When you raise your arms to me in prayer, I will refuse to look at you. Even if you say many prayers, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 26:21

The Lord will leave his place to punish the people of the world for their sins. The earth will show the blood of the people who have been killed; it will not cover the dead any longer.

Jeremiah 22:29

Land, land, land of Judah, hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 24:7

“ ‘The blood from her killings is still in the city. She poured the blood on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground where dust would cover it.