Job 16:17

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Not for violence in my hands, || And my prayer [is] pure.

YLT

Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.

DBY

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

DRC16:18

These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

GNV

Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.

JPS

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

LXXE

Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Psalms 66:18–19If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Job 27:6–7I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
• Job 8:5–6But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
• Job 31:1–40“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high? Does not disaster come to the unjust and…
• Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
• Psalms 44:17–21All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path. But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You…
• Psalms 7:3–5O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the…
• Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
• 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.
• Job 22:5–9Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless? For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the…
• 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.
• Job 21:27–28Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
• Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my…
• Job 15:20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
• 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

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