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The Book of Job, Chapter 16, Verse 18

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17
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
King James Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
American Standard Version
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place.
New English Translation
An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
World English Bible
"Earth, don't cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
20
My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
2
[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.