Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Listen, earth! Don't cover my blood, for my outcry has no place to rest.
New American Standard Bible
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
may my cry for help find no resting place.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
17 even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure." 18 "Listen, earth! Don't cover my blood, for my outcry has no place to rest. 19 Even now, behold! I have a witness in heaven, my Advocate is on high.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:21
For see, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins; the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it, and will no longer conceal its slain."
Psalm 66:18-19
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
Ezekiel 24:7
Her blood was in it. She poured it out onto bare rock. She didn't pour it out on the ground, intending to cover it with dirt.
Genesis 4:11
Now you're more cursed than the ground, which has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Nehemiah 4:5
Don't atone their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you, because they have demoralized the builders."
Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."
Isaiah 58:9-10
Then you'll call, and the LORD will answer; you'll cry for help, and he'll respond, "Here I am.' "If you do away with the yoke among you, and pointing fingers and malicious talk;
Jeremiah 22:29
Land, land, land, listen to this message from the LORD!
James 4:3-4
You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.