Job 16:17
although there is no violence in my hands, 1 and my prayer is pure. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
In Context
16My face is red with weeping; 1 on my eyelids is the shadow of death 1
18Earth, do not cover up my blood; 1 let my cry have no resting place. 1
Cross References
Job 11:14suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you, 1 and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents. 1
Job 15:34For the company of godless people will be barren; 1 fire will consume their tents of bribery. 1
Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? 1 Is there no end to your iniquities? 1
Job 29:12because I rescued the one who was poor when he cried out, 1 and the one who had no father when he had no one to help him. 1
Job 31:7If my step has turned aside from the way, 1 if my heart has gone after my eyes, 1 if any spot has stuck to my hands, 1
Psalms 7:3Yahweh my God, if I have done this, 1 and there is guilt on my hands— 1
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 →