Job 17:9
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Psalms 11:3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
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 →