Job 16:18 · KJV
“O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.”
— Job 16:18
Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
Also now, behold, my witness {is} in heaven, and my record {is} on high. {on high: Heb. in the high places}
Job 16 — Context
My 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}
20My friends scorn me: {but} mine eye poureth out {tears} unto God. {scorn me: Heb. are my scorners}
Cross References
Ezekiel 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;
Isaiah 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. {blood: Heb. bloods}
Genesis 4:11
And now {art} thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Psalms 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear {me}:
Isaiah 58:9-10
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I {am}. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
James 4:3-4
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume {it} upon your lusts. {lusts: or, pleasures}
Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. {make...: Heb. multiply prayer} {blood: Heb. bloods}