Job 16:17

“Not for [any] injustice in my hands, etc.] Came all those afflictions and calamities upon him, which occasioned so much sorrow, weeping, mourning, and humiliation; he does not say there was no sin in him, not any in his heart, nor in his life, nor any iniquity done by him, he had acknowledged these things before, (<180720>Job 7:20 9:20,30,31); but that there was nothing in his hands gotten in an unjust manner; he had taken away no man’s property, nor injured him in the least in a private way; nor had he perverted justice as a public magistrate, by taking bribes or accepting persons, and could challenge any to prove he had, as Samuel did, (<091203>1 Samuel 12:3); also my prayer [is] pure: he…”

“Not for any injustice ... - Still claiming that he does not deserve his sorrows, and that these calamities had not come upon him on account of any enormous sins, as his friends believed. My prayer is pure - My devotion; my worship of God is not hypocritical - as my friends maintain. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Not - And all this is not come upon me for any injurious dealing, but for other reasons known to God only. Pure - I do not cast off God's fear and service, Job 15:4. I do still pray and worship God, and my prayer is accompanied with a sincere heart. Job 16:18”

“16:17 done no wrong (or done no violence; Hebrew lo’-khamas): If violence is the meaning, Job was possibly denying that he was a formidable warrior who should be attacked (16:12-14; see also Isa 59:6; Jon 3:8). • Contrary to Eliphaz’s charge (Job 15:4-5) and Bildad’s assumption (8:6), Job’s prayer was pure because he was innocent (Gen 20:5; Isa 59:3).”

“Not for: Job 11:14, Job 15:20, Job 15:34, Job 21:27, Job 21:28, Job 22:5-9, Job 27:6, Job 27:7, Job 29:12-17, 31:1-40; Psa 7:3-5, Psa 44:17-21 my prayer: Job 8:5, Job 8:6; Psa 66:18, Psa 66:19; Pro 15:8; Ti1 2:8 Job 16:18”