Job 17:9 “Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands gro…”

Job 17:9

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

American Standard Version

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.

Darby Translation

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

Young's Literal Translation

And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.

Bible in Basic English

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

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Cross references

“hold on”

Proverbs 4:18 Psalm 84:7 Proverbs 14:16 Isaiah 35:8–10 Psalm 84:11 1 Peter 1:5

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Psalm 84:7 · BSB

They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

Proverbs 14:16 · BSB

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Isaiah 35:8–10 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Psalm 84:11 · BSB

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

1 Peter 1:5 · BSB

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

“clean”

Genesis 20:5 Psalm 26:6 Psalm 73:13 Psalm 24:4 Mark 7:2 Isaiah 1:15

Genesis 20:5 · BSB

Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Psalm 26:6 · BSB

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Psalm 73:13 · BSB

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

Psalm 24:4 · BSB

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Mark 7:2 · BSB

and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

“be stronger and stronger”

Isaiah 40:29–31 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 12:10

Isaiah 40:29–31 · BSB

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Also

Job 22:30

Job 22:30 · BSB

He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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