Parallel Verses
Amplified
Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Holman Bible
and my prayer is pure.
International Standard Version
even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure."
A Conservative Version
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
American Standard Version
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Bible in Basic English
Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
Darby Translation
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Julia Smith Translation
Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.
King James 2000
Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.
Modern King James verseion
though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Howbeit there is no wickedness in my hands, and my prayer is clean.
NET Bible
although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
New Heart English Bible
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
The Emphasized Bible
Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.
Webster
Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
World English Bible
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
16
“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].
Cross References
Job 8:5-6
“If you would [diligently] seek God
And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
Job 11:14
If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you],
And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;
Job 15:20
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
Job 15:34
“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).
Job 21:27-28
“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots by which you would wrong me.
Job 22:5-9
“Is not your wickedness great,
And your sins without end?
Job 27:6-7
“I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go;
My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 29:12-17
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Job 31:1-40
How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
Psalm 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
Psalm 44:17-21
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
Psalm 66:18-19
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight!
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs will not serve as clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with what they make;
Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing],
And the act of violence is in their hands.
Jonah 3:8
But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to call on God earnestly and forcefully that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].