Job 17:9
And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.
Job 27:5God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.
Job 31:7If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
Psalms 11:3In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
Psalms 84:7in the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set.
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 →