Job 16:18
Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
In Context
17although I have done nothing wrong and my prayer is pure.
19Look, right now my witness is in heaven; the one who speaks for me is on high.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Consequently you are more cursed than the ground because you soaked it with your brother's blood.
Job 27:9When times of trouble come to them, will God hear their cry for help?
Isaiah 1:15When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9Then when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out for help, the Lord will say, “I'm here.” If you get rid of oppression among you, if you stop pointing the finger and slandering others,
Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still inside the city. She shed it openly on bare rock—she didn't even spill it on the ground and cover it up with dirt.
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 →