Verse 9
Job 17:9
Literal Standard Version
9
And the righteous lays hold on his way, || And the clean of hands adds strength.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ וּֽ/טֳהָר יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ
English Translation
The righteous will hold to his way, and he who has clean hands will add strength.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
“My spirit has been destroyed, || My days extinguished—graves are for me.
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If not—mockeries are with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
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3
Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?
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4
For You have hidden their heart from understanding, || Therefore You do not exalt them.
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5
For a portion he shows friendship, || And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
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And He set me up for a proverb of the peoples, || And I am a wonder before them.
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And my eye is dim from sorrow, || And my members—all of them—as a shadow.
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8
The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
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9
And the righteous lays hold on his way, || And the clean of hands adds strength.
10
But please return and come in, all of you, || And I do not find a wise man among you.
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11
My days have passed by, || My plans have been broken off, || The possessions of my heart!
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12
They appoint night for day, || Light is near because of darkness.
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13
If I wait—Sheol is my house, || In darkness I have spread out my bed.
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14
To corruption I have called: You are my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
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15
And where is my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
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16
You go down to the parts of Sheol, || If we may rest together on the dust.”
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