16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood, 1
nor let there be a secret 2 place for my cry.
18:18 He is driven 3 from light into darkness
and is banished from the world.
26:21 For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, 4
to punish the sin of those who live on the earth.
The earth will display the blood shed on it;
it will no longer cover up its slain. 5
1 sn Job knows that he will die, and that his death, signified here by blood on the ground, will cry out for vindication.
2 tn The word is simply “a place,” but in the context it surely means a hidden place, a secret place that would never be discovered (see 18:21).
3 tn The verbs in this verse are plural; without the expressed subject they should be taken in the passive sense.
4 tn Heb “out of his place” (so KJV, ASV).
5 sn This implies that rampant bloodshed is one of the reasons for divine judgment. See the note at 24:5.