Job 16:18
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Young's Literal Translation
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, lo, in the heavens [is] my witness, And my testifier in the high places.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Job 27:9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
Isaiah 58:9Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, 'Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,
Ezekiel 24:7For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath 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 →