17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.


In Context

14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

16 My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

Job 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Although there is no violence in mine hands, and my prayer is pure.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.