So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.
Job 16:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help find no resting place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard]. American Standard Version (1901) O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place. Common English Bible Earth, don’t cover my blood; let my outcry never cease. Catholic Public Domain Version These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand, while I held pure prayers before God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God. |
So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.
Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from your sight, because they have angered the builders.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
For look, the Lord is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal the blood shed on it and will no longer conceal her slain.
For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.