Job 16:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.”

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BSBPD

“yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer <FI>is<Fi> pure.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 16:17 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  2. Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
  3. Job 15:20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
  4. Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
  5. Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
  6. Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
  7. Job 27:6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
  8. Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
  9. Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
  10. Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
  11. Job 33:9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
  12. Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
  13. Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
  14. Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
  15. Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  16. Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  17. Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
  18. Jonah 3:8Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
  19. 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

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