Job 17:8
Those who say that they are good/righteous are shocked when they see what has happened to me, and people who say that they ◄are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong► say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
In Context
Cross References
Job 22:19“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.
Psalms 37:1Do not be bothered/upset by what wicked people do. Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong/evil have,
Psalms 73:12That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.
Habakkuk 1:13You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, so why are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing to punish those wicked men from Babylonia who destroy people who are more righteous than they are?
Romans 11:33I marvel how vast and great are the wise things that God has done and what he has always known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways in which he acts toward us [DOU]!
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 →