Job 16:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 16:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 16:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 16:17 — KJV
“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”
— Job 16:17 (KJV)
Job 16:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 16:17
“And 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. make...: Heb. multiply prayer blood: Heb. bloods”
Shares key themes with Job 16:17: any, mine, hands
“And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.”
Shares key themes with Job 16:17: any, mine, hands
“What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:”
Shares key themes with Job 16:17: any, hands, prayer
“Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: in: or, toward toward...: or, in this place”
Shares key themes with Job 16:17: any, hands, prayer
“For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.”
Shares key themes with Job 16:17: any, hands, also
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