Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
though no violence is in my hand, 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.
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 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 reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure. 18 Oh earth, do not cover my blood, and let not my cry have a place.
Cross References
Job 8:5-6
if you would seek earnestly to God and make your prayer to the Almighty;
Job 11:14
if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Job 15:20
The wicked man labors in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden for the ruthless one.
Job 15:34
For the company of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall devour the tents of bribery.
Job 21:27-28
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.
Job 22:5-9
Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without measure?
Job 27:6-7
I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.
Job 29:12-17
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:1-40
I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?
Psalm 7:3-5
O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;
Psalm 44:17-21
All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten You nor dealt falsely in Your covenant.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Jonah 3:8
But let man and animal be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God. And let them each one turn from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore, I desire that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.