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Job 16:17
17Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
- New International Version (NIV)yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- English Standard Version (ESV)although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Context of Job 16:17
15I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust. 16My face is red and swollen with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed], Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure. 18“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard]. 19Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high.
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עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 16:17
- Job 11:14If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you], And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;
- Job 15:20The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great, And your sins without end?
- Job 27:6I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go; My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
- Job 29:12Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes; How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
- Job 8:5If you would [diligently] seek God And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
- Psalms 66:18If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it], The Lord will not hear [me];
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight!
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].
Commentaries on Job 16:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Not for any injustice - I must assert, even with my last breath, that the charges of my friends against me are groundless. I am afflicted unto death, but not on account of my iniquities. Also my prayer is pure - I am no hypocrite, God knoweth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Not for any injustice - Still claiming that he does not deserve his sorrows, and that these calamities had not come upon him on account of any enormous sins, as his friends believed. My prayer is pure - My devotion; my worship of God is not hypocritical - as my friends maintain.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 Job's condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Free of violence (Hebrew lo’-khamas): If violence is the meaning, Job might have been denying that he was a dangerous warrior who God should attack (16:12–14; see also Isaiah 59:6; Jonah 3:8). Contrary to Eliphaz’s accusation and Bildad’s assumption, Job’s prayer was sincere because he was innocent (Job 15:4–5; 8:6; Genesis 20:5; Isaiah 59:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22SECOND SERIES. 2. (Job 13:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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