Job 16:19
O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γῆ, μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφ᾽ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Job 16:18
- אֶ֭רֶץ אַל תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי
Haydock's commentary
In thee. Let the cry of my blood, which issues from my wounds, and the injury which my reputation has suffered, come before the throne of God. Calumny is a species of murder. See Genesis iv. 10. (Calmet)
If I be really guilty, I am willing to remain unburied. Let the dogs lick up my blood. (Cajetan)
Cry. Let the hills re-echo my sufferings. (Pineda)
Et quodcumque meæ possunt narrare querelæ,
Cogar ad argutas dicere solus aves. (Propertius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise Concerning Man’s Perfection in Righteousness, Section 25
(25.) Hence the force of the statement: “There was no injustice in my hands, but my prayer was pure.” For the purity of his prayer arose from this circumstance, that it was not improper for him to ask forgiveness in prayer, when he really bestowed forgiveness himself.