Job 16:18
O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
In Context
17Not for violence in my hands, || And my prayer [is] pure.
19Also, now, behold, my witness [is] in the heavens, || And my testifier in the high places.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11and now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened her mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand;
Job 27:9[Does] God hear his cry, || When distress comes on him?
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide My eyes from you, || Also when you increase prayer, I do not hear, || Your hands have been full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9Then you call, and YHWH answers, || You cry, and He says, Behold Me. If you turn aside the yoke from your midst, || The sending forth of the finger, || And the speaking of vanity,
Ezekiel 24:7For her blood has been in her midst, || She has set it on a clear place of a rock, || She has not poured it on the earth, || To cover it over 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 →