Job Chapter 16 verse 17 Holy Bible
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
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Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
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Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
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Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer `is' pure.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Not for any injustice in mine hands; or, not that there is any violence in my hands (scrap. Isaiah 53:9, where the expression used of the Messiah is nearly the same). Job repudiates the charge of rapine and robbery which Eliphaz has brought against him (Job 15:28, 34). His hands have not done violence to any. Also my prayer is pure. Neither has he been guilty of the hypocrisy which Eliphaz has also charged him with (Job 15:34). His prayers have been sincere and genuine.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Not for any injustice.--Literally, for no injustice, just as in Isaiah 53:9 : "because he had done no violence," should be "not because he had done any violence, or because deceit was in his mouth."
