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Job 16

Job 16:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, cover
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
not thou my blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
, and let my cry
za`aq (Hebrew #2201)
from 2199; a shriek or outcry
KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Pronounce: zah'-ak
Origin: and (feminine) zoaqah {zeh-aw-kaw'}
have no place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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O earth.
Jer. 22:29• 29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah! (Jer. 22:29)
cover not.
Gen. 4:11• 11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. (Gen. 4:11)
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Neh. 4:5• 5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders. (Neh. 4:5)
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Isa. 26:21• 21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:21)
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Ezek. 24:7• 7for her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust. (Ezek. 24:7)
let my cry.
Job 27:9• 9Will *God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him? (Job 27:9)
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Psa. 66:18‑19• 18Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
 19But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (Psa. 66:18‑19)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
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Isa. 58:9‑10• 9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,
 10and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday; (Isa. 58:9‑10)
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James 4:3‑4• 3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures.
 4Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. (James 4:3‑4)
• {v.18-20} There is real faith in his heart. While he would let his blood cry for vengeance like Abel’s, he in-stinctively knows there is a just God in heaven who has the record of his life, to whom he can appeal against the false charges of his friends. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!