Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Job calls his friends 'miserable comforters' and says he could speak as they do if their positions were reversed. He describes God as his adversary who has handed him over to the ungodly. Yet amid despair he appeals to his …
Other Translations
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Cross References
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy …
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked …
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, …
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the …
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If …
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise …
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.