Job 16:18

In 11 translations

BSB

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

KJV

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

WEB

“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

ASV

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place.

LSV

O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

YLT

O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

DBY

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

DRC16:19

O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.

GNV

O earth, couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no place.

JPS

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.

LXXE

Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
• Isaiah 58:9–10Then 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, and if you give yourself to the…
• James 4:3–4And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?…
• Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
• Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
• 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.

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