Job 16:18
These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
In Context
17My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.
19O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand,
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
Isaiah 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.
Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust.
Matthew Henry on Job 16:18-22
Testimony of Conscience; Job's Comfort in Conscious Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job's… Read the whole commentary →