Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.
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.
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.
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 {although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure. 18 "O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help. 19 So now look, my witness [is] in the heavens, and he [who] vouches for me [is] in the heights.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:21
For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock}; she [did] not pour it on the ground to cover it [with] dust.
Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have {provoked the builders to anger}.
Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?
Isaiah 1:15
And when you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I [will] not be listening. Your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9-10
Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and he will say, 'Here I [am]!' If you remove from among you [the] yoke, the {finger-pointing} and {evil speech},
Jeremiah 22:29
land, land, land, hear the word of Yahweh.
James 4:3-4
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.