Job 16:18

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

“And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Nehemiah 4:5

“And do not cover over their crookedness, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked You before the builders.”

Job 16:17

though no violence was on my hand, and my prayer sincere.

Job 16:19

See, even now my witness is in the heavens, and my defender is on high.

Job 27:9

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Psalm 119:169

My cry comes before You, O יהוה ; Make me understand according to Your word.

Isaiah 1:15

“And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.

Isaiah 26:21

For look, יהוה  is coming out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their crookedness. And the earth shall disclose her blood, and no longer cover her slain.

Jeremiah 22:29

“O land, land, land! Hear the word of יהוה!

Ezekiel 24:7

“For her blood is in her midst. She has set it on a shining rock. She did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.