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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 the Lord. (Jer. 22:29)
cover not.
Gen. 4:11• 11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her 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 thee to anger before the builders. (Neh. 4:5)
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Isa. 26:21• 21For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also 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 top of a 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 trouble cometh upon him? (Job 27:9)
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Psa. 66:18‑19• 18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
 19But verily God hath heard me; 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 the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
 10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: (Isa. 58:9‑10)
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James 4:3‑4• 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
 4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the 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!