Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.
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.
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.
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 became red from weeping, and upon my eye-lashes the shadow of death 17 Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean. 18 O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?
Cross References
Job 8:5-6
If thou shalt seek to God, if thou shalt make supplication to him;
Job 11:14
If iniquity in thy hand, remove it far off, and wickedness shall not dwell in thy tents.
Job 15:20
All the days the unjust one himself being pained, and numbering the years they were hidden to him terrifying.
Job 15:34
For the assembly of the profane is hard, and fire consumed the tents of the gift
Job 21:27-28
Behold, I knew your purposes, and the devices ye will shake off against me.
Job 22:5-9
Is not thine evil much? and no end to thine iniquities?
Job 27:6-7
My justice I held fast, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach from my days.
Job 29:12-17
For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him.
Job 31:1-40
I cut out a covenant for mine eyes; and why shall I show myself attentive to a virgin?
Psalm 7:3-5
O Jehovah my God, if I did this, if there is iniquity in my hand;
Psalm 44:17-21
All this came to us, and we did not forget thee, and we lied not in thy covenant
Psalm 66:18-19
If I saw vanity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the unjust an abomination of Jehovah: and the prayer of the upright his acceptance.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not be for a garment, and they shall not be covered with their works: their works the works of vanity, and the work of violence in their hands.
Jonah 3:8
And man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry with strength to Jehovah: and they shall turn back each from his evil way, and the violence which is in their hands.
1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore men shall pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without anger and reasoning.