Job 16:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Not for any injustice in my hands; also, 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty; 6 If you were pure and upright, surely now He would awaken for you, and make the dwelling of your righteousness prosperous.
• Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.
• Job 15:20 : 20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
• Job 15:34 : 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
• Job 21:27-28 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts and the schemes you wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?'
• Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities infinite? 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, 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 as for the mighty man, he possessed the land; and the honorable man lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
• Job 27:6-7 : 6 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. 7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
• Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know. 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.
• Job 31:1-9 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I gaze upon a maiden? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity? 4 Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity. 7 If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any stain has cleaved to my hands; 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this would be a heinous crime; yes, it is an iniquity to be judged. 12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. 13 If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him? 15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it; 18 (For from my youth he was raised with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; 22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken at the bone. 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure. 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: 28 This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him; 30 Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul. 31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.' 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street, but I opened my doors to the traveler. 33 If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my heart; 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him. 38 If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain; 39 If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life; 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
• Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
• Ps 44:17-21 : 17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way; 19 Though You have severely broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Jonah 3:8 : 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire, therefore, that people pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and doubting.