Job 16:17
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
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Compare
- BSB
- yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- KJV
- Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
- WEB
- although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- ASV
- Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- DARBY
- Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- BLB
- although violence is not in my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.
- ÅB
- Og dog er det ingen urett i mine hender, og min bønn er ren.
- OTB
- selv om mine hender er fri for vold
og min bønn er ren. - B1930
- Og dog er det ingen urett i mine hender, og min bønn er ren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Read in contextPsalms 66:18–19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Read in contextJob 27:6–7
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Read in contextJob 8:5–6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Read in contextJob 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Read in contextJob 15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Read in contextJonah 3:8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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