Job 16:17
although I have done nothing wrong and my prayer is pure.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
In Context
16My face is red from crying and dark shadows surround my eyes,
18Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.
Cross References
Job 11:14if you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,
Job 15:34For those who reject God are barren, and fire will burn up the homes of those who love bribes.
Job 22:5No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
Job 29:12because I gave to the poor who called out to me and the orphans who had no one to help them.
Job 31:7If I have wandered from God's way, if I have let what I see become my desires, if there's any stain of sin on my hands,
Psalms 7:3If I have done what I'm accused of, if my hands are guilty,
Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17
Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →