Job 16:18
O earth! cover not thou my blood, And let there be no hiding-place for my cry!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
In Context
17Yet is there no injustice in my bands. And my prayer hath been pure.
19Yet even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he who knoweth me is on high.
Cross References
Job 27:9Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Isaiah 1:15When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; Yea, when ye multiply prayers, I will not hear: Your hands are full of blood!
Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Lo, here I am! If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, The pointing of the finger, and the injurious speech.
Ezekiel 24:7For blood is in the midst of her; upon the bare rock hath she shed it; she poured it not 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 →