Job 17:8
People who think they are good are shocked to see me. Those who are innocent are troubled by the godless.
Free Bible 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 eyes are worn out from crying and my body is a shadow of its former self.
9Those who are right keep going, and those whose hands are clean grow stronger and stronger.
Cross References
Job 22:19Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
Psalms 37:1Don't be upset over wicked people, or be jealous of those who do wrong.
Psalms 73:12Look at these wicked people! They don't have a care in the world, and they're always making money!
Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil; you cannot stand the sight of wrong. So why do you put up with untrustworthy people? Why are you silent when the wicked destroy those who do less evil than they do?
Romans 11:33Oh how deep are God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How incredible his decisions, how unimaginable his methods!
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 →