Parallel Verses
King James Version
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
New American Standard Bible
And
Holman Bible
and my prayer is pure.
International Standard Version
even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure."
A Conservative Version
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
American Standard Version
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Amplified
Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
Bible in Basic English
Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
Darby Translation
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Julia Smith Translation
Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.
King James 2000
Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.
Modern King James verseion
though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Howbeit there is no wickedness in my hands, and my prayer is clean.
NET Bible
although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
New Heart English Bible
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
The Emphasized Bible
Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.
Webster
Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
World English Bible
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Cross References
Job 8:5-6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job 21:27-28
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 22:5-9
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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.
Job 29:12-17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 31:1-40
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Psalm 7:3-5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalm 44:17-21
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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.
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.
1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.