Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

King James Version

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Holman Bible

although my hands are free from violence
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.

Amplified


Although there is no violence or wrongdoing 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in mine hands
כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

תּפלּה 
T@phillah 
Usage: 77

References

Fausets

Job

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Everything Was Going Well

16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death, 17 Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood; and let there be no place where my cry is hidden.



Cross References

Job 8:5-6

if thou would seek God early and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

Job 11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

Job 15:20

The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the violent.

Job 15:34

For the congregation of the hypocrites shall be made desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Job 21:27-28

Behold, I know your thoughts and the imaginations which ye devise against me.

Job 22:5-9

Certainly thy wickedness is great and thine iniquities have no end.

Job 27:6-7

I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Job 29:12-17

because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.

Job 31:1-40

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a maid?

Psalm 7:3-5

O LORD my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands,

Psalm 44:17-21

All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Psalm 66:18-19

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 59:6

Their cloth is unfit to be a garment, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of violence, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.

Jonah 3:8

but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God; and let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire, therefore, that the men in every place, pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and strife.

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