Parallel Verses
NET Bible
although there is no violence 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.
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.
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 because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness, 17 although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. 18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
Cross References
Job 8:5-6
But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
Job 11:14
if iniquity is in your hand -- put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.
Job 15:20
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
Job 15:34
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
Job 21:27-28
"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 22:5-9
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
Job 27:6-7
I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
Job 29:12-17
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Job 31:1-40
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
Psalm 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
Psalm 44:17-21
All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Proverbs 15:8
The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
Jonah 3:8
Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.
1 Timothy 2:8
So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.