Job 17:9

Those who are right keep going, and those whose hands are clean grow stronger and stronger.

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In The King James Version

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

In Context

8People who think they are good are shocked to see me. Those who are innocent are troubled by the godless.

10Why don't you come back and repeat again what you've been saying?—yet I still won't find a wise man among you!

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:1There was a long war between those on the side of Saul and those on the side of David. David's side grew stronger, while Saul's side grew weaker.

Job 27:5I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.

Job 31:7If I have wandered from God's way, if I have let what I see become my desires, if there's any stain of sin on my hands,

Psalms 11:3When the foundations of society are destroyed, what can those who live right do?

Psalms 26:6I wash my hands to show my innocence. I come to worship at your altar, Lord,

Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, and each one will appear before God in Jerusalem.

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 →

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