Job 17:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 17:9 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Job 17:8 Job 17:10 →

Original word meaning

— of 7

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Isaiah 1:15-16
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. …
Job 22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Character Decision Endurance Faithfulness Graces Overcoming Perseverance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Job’s discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:— I. The deplorable condition which poor Job was now in, which he describes, to aggravate the great unkindness of his friends to him and to justify his own complaints. Let us see what his case was. 1. He was a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. The strength of religious principle is heightened by misfortune. The pious shall take fresh courage to persevere from the example of suffering Job. The image is from a warrior acquiring new courage in action (Is 40:30, 31; Php 1:14).