Job 16:18

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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.	O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.	Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

O earth^H776, cover^H3680 not thou my blood^H1818, and let my cry^H2201 have no place^H4725.

Original Hebrew

אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְאַל־יְהִי מָקֹום לְזַעֲקָתִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֶ֭רֶץ	'E.retz	H776	HNcbsa	O earth
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּכַסִּ֣י	te.kha.Si	H3680	HVpj2fs	you cover
דָמִ֑/י	da.M/i	H1818	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	blood/ my
וְֽ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
יְהִ֥י	ye.Hi	H1961	HVqj3ms	it belong
מָ֝ק֗וֹם	ma.Kom	H4725	HNcmsa	a place
לְ/זַעֲקָתִֽ/י	le./za.'a.ka.T/i	H2201	HR/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	to/ outcry/ my

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (dâmam) H1826 (compare אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119); 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); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
H2201 — זַעַק (zaʻaq, zah'-ak): and (feminine) זְעָקָה (zᵉʻâqâh); from זָעַק (zâʻaq) H2199; a shriek or outcry; cry(-ing).
H3680 — כָּסָה (kâçâh, kaw-saw'): a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה (kâsâh) H3780.
H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם (mâqôm); also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה (mᵉqôwmâh); or מְקֹמָה (mᵉqômâh); from קוּם (qûwm) H6965; 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); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

cover not — Genesis 4:11, Nehemiah 4:5, Isaiah 26:21, Ezekiel 24:7
let my cry — Job 27:9, Psalms 66:18-19, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 58:9-10, James 4:3-4
O earth — Jeremiah 22:29

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