Job 17:9
And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
10Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:1Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily.
Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Job 31:7If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,
Psalms 11:3They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.
Psalms 26:6He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.
Psalms 84:7O God, you will turn back and revive us. And your people will rejoice in you.
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 →