Job 16:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿal lōʾ-ḥāmās bə-kappāy û-təpillātî zakkāh

Grammar Details

• *ʿal*: preposition - on account of
• *lōʾ-ḥāmās*: negative particle + noun masculine singular - no violence
• *bə-kappāy*: preposition + noun feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - in my hands
• *û-təpillātî*: conjunction + noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - and my prayer
• *zakkāh*: adjective feminine singular - pure

Word Meanings

• *ḥāmās*: violence, wrong, cruelty
• *kappāy*: hands, palms
• *təpillātî*: prayer, intercession
• *zakkāh*: pure, clean

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Not for any injustice in my hands; also, my prayer is pure.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Although there is no violence{H2555} in my hands,{H3709} And my prayer{H8605} is pure.{H2134}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Not for any injustice{H2555} in mine hands{H3709}: also my prayer{H8605} is pure{H2134}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes, and my prayer is clene.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer `is' pure.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:5-6 : 5 But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty, 6 if you are pure and upright, surely now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous dwelling.
• Job 11:14 : 14 if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tent,
• Job 15:20 : 20 All the days of the wicked man he writhes in pain, and the years allotted to the ruthless are hidden away.
• Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
• Job 21:27-28 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts and the schemes you plot against me. 28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble? Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
• Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not your wickedness great and your iniquities without end? 6 For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 But the powerful man owns the land, and the honored man dwells in it. 9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
• Job 27:6-7 : 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. 7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!
• Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper. 13 The blessing of the one about to perish came upon me, and I made the widow's heart sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know. 17 I broke the jaws of the wicked and snatched the prey from his teeth.
• Job 31:1-9 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman? 2 For what is the portion from God above, or the inheritance from the Almighty on high? 3 Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil? 4 Does He not see my ways and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit, 6 let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity. 7 If my steps have turned from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if any stain has clung to my hands, 8 then may I sow, but another eat, and may my offspring be uprooted. 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, 10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her. 11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged. 12 It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest. 13 If I have denied justice to my male or female servants when they had a grievance against me, 14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account? 15 Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers? 16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, without sharing with the fatherless— 18 but from my youth I raised him as a father would, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— 19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments, 20 and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep— 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate, 22 then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint. 23 For I have always feared disaster from God, and because of His majesty, I could not do such a thing. 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security, 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much, 26 if I have looked at the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, 27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship, 28 then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above. 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him— 30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life— 31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’ 32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler— 33 if I have concealed my sin as people do, hiding my guilt in my heart, 34 because I so feared the crowd and the contempt of clans terrified me that I kept silent and would not go outside— 35 Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book. 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. 37 I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince. 38 If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners, 40 then let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
• Ps 7:3-5 : 3 Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue. 4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, 5 if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,
• Ps 44:17-21 : 17 This is from the taunts of those who insult and revile, from the presence of the enemy and the avenger. 18 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we been false to Your covenant. 19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from Your path. 20 You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness. 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webs will not become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
• Jonah 3:8 : 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.