Job 16:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

But I have not been cruel. And when I pray, I speak honestly to God.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I was never cruel to anyone, and my prayers are pure.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

but I am not guilty of any violence, and my prayer to God is sincere.

English God's Word - GW 1995

although my hands have done nothing violent, and my prayer is sincere.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Why?—because there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

though not for any violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Although my hands are free from violence, and my prayer is sincere.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But I haven't harmed anyone. My prayers to God are pure.

English NIV

yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

Yet I am innocent, and my prayer is pure.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Yet I am innocent, and my prayer is pure.

English Tyndale 1537

Howbeit there is no wickedness in my hands, and my prayer is clean.

Job 16:17 — Compare Translations