Job 17:8
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Cross References
Job 22:19The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
Psalms 37:1A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
Psalms 73:12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
Habakkuk 1:13Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?
Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable 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 →