Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
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.
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.
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 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. 19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:21
For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.
Genesis 4:11
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
Job 27:9
Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 58:9-10
Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
Jeremiah 22:29
O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to what the Lord has to say!
James 4:3-4
you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.