Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.

King James Version

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Holman Bible

Earth, do not cover my blood;
may my cry for help find no resting place.

International Standard Version

"Listen, earth! Don't cover my blood, for my outcry has no place to rest.

A Conservative Version

O earth, do not cover thou my blood, and let my cry have no [resting] place.

American Standard Version

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

Amplified


“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].

Bible in Basic English

O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!

Darby Translation

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Julia Smith Translation

O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?

King James 2000

O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

Modern King James verseion

Oh earth, do not cover my blood, and let not my cry have a place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O earth, cover not my blood, and let my crying find no room.

NET Bible

"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

New Heart English Bible

"Earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

The Emphasized Bible

O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry.

Webster

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

World English Bible

"Earth, don't cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

Youngs Literal Translation

O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
O earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

not thou my blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

and let my cry
זעקה זעק 
Za`aq 
Usage: 18

Context Readings

Everything Was Going Well

17 even though there is no injustice in my hands, and my prayer has been pure. 18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
19 Certainly my witness is even now in the heavens, and my record is on high.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against himself: the earth also shall disclose her blood and shall no longer cover her slain.

Psalm 66:18-19

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

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she did not poured it upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

Genesis 4:11

And now thou art cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Nehemiah 4:5

And do not cover their iniquity, nor let their sin be blotted out from before thee, for they have become angry against the builders.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when the tribulation comes upon him?

Isaiah 1:15

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; likewise, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 58:9-10

Then shalt thou call, and thou shalt hear the LORD; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Jeremiah 22:29

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

James 4:3-4

Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.

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