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Job 16:18

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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אֶ֭רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּכַסִּ֣יtekhasicoverכָּסָהverb, piel, jussive, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “cover”, a wish or indirect commandH3680properly, 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 H3780 (כָּשָׂה).דָמִ֑יdamiblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (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.וְֽאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יְהִ֥יyehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to 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.מָ֝ק֗וֹםmaqomcountryמָקוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “country”, the ordinary formH4725properly, 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).לְזַעֲקָתִֽיlezaaqatito cryזַעַקpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to cry”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2201a shriek or outcrycry(-ing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

Young’s Literal Translation

O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

World English Bible

“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

Darby Translation

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Douay-Rheims

These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.