American Standard Version
" O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place. "
— Job 16:18, American Standard Version
“O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.”
“"Earth, don't cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.”
“An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.”
“These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.”
“O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!”
“O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.”
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have noresting-place.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!