Job 16:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.”
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BSBPD
“O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 16:18 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
- Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
- Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
- James 4:3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
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