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Job 16:18

Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven,.... That is, God, who dwells in the heavens, where his throne is, and which is the habitation of his holiness, and from whence he beholds all the sons of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

O earth - Passionate appeals to the earth are not uncommon in the Scriptures; see the notes at Isa 1:2. Such appeals indicate deep emotion, and are among the most animated forms of personification.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 16:17-22

Job's condition was very deplorable; but had he nothing to support him, nothing to comfort him? Yes, and he here tells us what it was.

I. He had the testimony of his conscience for him that he had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 16:18-22

Job 16:18 to Job 17:9. Job, dying a martyr's death, beseeches God that He would uphold his right with God and against men, and give him a pledge that He will make his innocence appear

In Job 16:12-14…