Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Job 17:9 in other translations
| BSB | Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. |
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| WEB | Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. |
| ASV | Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. |
| YLT | And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And--dumb are they all. |
| DARBY | But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength. |
| BBE | Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength. |
| Webster | The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. |
What does Job 17:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 17:1-9
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job's afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the…
Job 17:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 17:9
- Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Isaiah 1:15-16
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Job 22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
- Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
- Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- Genesis 20:5
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
- Isaiah 40:29-31
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Psalms 26:6
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
- Psalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
- Isaiah 35:8-10
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Psalms 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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Context
- Job 17:8
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
- Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
- Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 17:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No obstante, proseguirá el justo su camino, y el limpio de manos aumentará la fuerza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais le juste tiendra ferme dans sa voie, et celui qui a les mains pures croîtra en force. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Doch der Gerechte wird an seinem Wege festhalten, und der an Händen Reine wird an Stärke zunehmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et tenebit justus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem. |