NET Bible
"although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure."
— Job 16:17, NET Bible
“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”
“Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. ”
“Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.”
“My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.”
“Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.”
“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”
He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;