Job 16:18
Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
In Context
17Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
19And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Job 27:9Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
Isaiah 1:15When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;
Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it;
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 →