Job 16:18
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“O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place.
“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].
O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard].
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help find no resting place.
Earth, don’t cover my blood; let my outcry never cease.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood; don’t let my cry rest [without being answered].
If I should die, I beg the earth not to cover my cry for justice.
O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
“Earth, don’t hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don’t let my begging for fairness be stopped.
The earth should not hide my blood! People should remember how I have suffered. They should not forget that I asked for justice.
O earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry never find a place to rest.
“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting-place.
“Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don’t let my cry ever ·stop being heard [find a place of rest]!
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my crying find no place.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Don’t ever let my cry ⌞for justice⌟ be stopped.
O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!
Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help find no resting place.
“Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don’t let my cry ever stop being heard!
“Listen, earth! Don’t cover my blood, for my outcry has no place to rest.
O earth, do not cover my blood; and let there be no place where my cry is hidden.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
“O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.
O Earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it protest on my behalf.
“O Earth, don’t cover up the wrong done to me! Don’t muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I’m weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. “Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return.”
“O earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Don’t ever let my cry for justice be stopped.
O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let my outcry come to rest!
“Earth, do not cover my blood, And may there be no resting place for my cry.
“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
“O earth, do not cover my blood; let my cries never cease to be heard.
“Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don’t let my cry ever stop being heard!
“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
“Earth, please don’t cover up my blood! May God always hear my cry for help!
“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
‘Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place!
“O earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
“O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.
‘O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting-place.
‘O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting-place.
“O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting place.
“O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting place.
O earth, cover not thou my dahm, and let my outcry have no makom (place of rest).
“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
“Earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry find no resting place!
O earth, do not conceal my blood! And when they seek to silence my cry, refuse a place for its burial.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Earth, cover thou not my blood, and my cry find not in thee a place of hiding. (O earth, do not thou cover up my blood, and let not my cry for justice find any place of rest.)
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
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