Job 16:17 · KJV
“Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.”
— Job 16:17
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {is} the shadow of death;
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job 16 — Context
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {is} the shadow of death;
17Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19Also now, behold, my witness {is} in heaven, and my record {is} on high. {on high: Heb. in the high places}
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.
Psalms 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear {me}:
Job 8:5-6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 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. {so long...: Heb. from my days}
Jonah 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.
Job 15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all {his} days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Psalms 44:17-21
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works {are} works of iniquity, and the act of violence {is} in their hands.