Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
KJV
Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.
Vulgate
ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσίν μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.
LXX
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.
ASV
אֶ֭רֶץ אַל תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑/י וְֽ/אַל יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְ/זַעֲקָתִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
noun · 19×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 24:7 — For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
- Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Gen 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Gen 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Isa 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isa 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Job 20:27 — The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
- Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: