Job 16:17

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

"Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure." - Job 16:17
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What does Job 16:17 mean?

Job 16:17 (KJV) says: "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure." This verse comes from the book of Job, which is one of the most renowned and challenging books in the Bible. The book of Job addresses the question of why bad things happen to good people and…

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Innocence in Affliction: A Reflection on Job 16:17

The book of Job is often regarded as one of the greatest works in literature, and certainly one of the most profound in the Scripture. Its depth captures the essence of human suffering while holding onto faith. In Job 16:17, we glean a pivotal moment in this narrative where Job…

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A Prayer of Innocence and Purity

O Lord, my God, I come before You in humility and surrender, acknowledging Your greatness and the vastness of Your wisdom. In the quiet of this moment, I reflect upon the anguish and trial that Job experienced, a man of great integrity who suffered in silence. As he declared in…

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Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
Job 17:16 - "They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust."
"They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust." - Job 17:16
Job 16:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 16:1
Job 16:16 - "My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"
Job 35:16 - "Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge."
"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
Job 3:17 - "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
Job 12:16 - "With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his."
Job 33:16 - "Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,"
Galatians 5:16-17
Galatians 5:16-17
Job 17:12 - "They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness."
Job 41:17 - "They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered."
Job 17:2 - "Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
Job 6:16 - "Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:"
Job 28:16 - "It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."
1 corinthians 3:16-17
1 corinthians 3:16-17
1 corinthians 3:16-17
Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 8:17 - "His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones."
Job 12:17 - "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools."
Job 13:17 - "Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears."
Genesis 17-16
Romans 16:17