Job 16:18

Hebrew	אֶ֭רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 אַל תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל יְהִ֥יplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי
ESV	“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
NIV	“O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
NLT	“O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.
LXX	γῆplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφ αἵματι τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article σαρκός μου μηδὲ εἴηplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. τόπος τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κραυγῇ μου
KJV	O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

^{Job 16:17 ← Job 16:18 → Job 16:19}

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