And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Job 16:18 - New Revised Standard Version “O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry 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. |
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight; for they have hurled insults in the face of the builders.
Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.
When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
For the Lord comes out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no longer cover its slain.
For the blood she shed is inside it; she placed it on a bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground, to cover it with earth.