Job 17:8
The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
In Context
7My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
9And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Cross References
Job 22:19The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
Psalms 37:1A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
Psalms 73:12But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are pure, you do not behold evil, and you cannot look towards iniquity. Why do you look upon the agents of iniquity, and remain silent, while the impious is devouring one who is more just than himself?
Romans 11:33Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →