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Job 16:17

In Job 16 of Job.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

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עַ֭לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…חָמָ֣סchamasviolenceחָמָסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “violence”, the ordinary formH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.בְּכַפָּ֑יbekhapayin hand , -dle,כַּףpreposition, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יutefilatiand prayerתְּפִלָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and prayer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8605intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymnprayer.זַכָּֽהzakahcleanזַךְadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “clean”, the ordinary formH2134clearclean, pure.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Young’s Literal Translation

Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.

World English Bible

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Darby Translation

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Douay-Rheims

My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.

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