Job 16:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶My face is red from crying.
There are dark rings around my eyes.
¹⁷I was never cruel to anyone,
and my prayers are pure.

¹⁸“Earth, don’t hide the wrong things that were done to me.^[a]
Don’t let my begging for fairness be stopped.

Job 16:18 Earth … done to me Literally, “Earth, don’t cover my blood.” See Gen. 4:10-11.

Job 16:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(A)
dark shadows ring my eyes;^(B)
¹⁷yet my hands have been free of violence^(C)
and my prayer is pure.^(D)

¹⁸“Earth, do not cover my blood;^(E)
may my cry^(F) never be laid to rest!^(G)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)