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Job 17:9

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The righteous also shall hold on his way,.... He that is righteous, not in appearance but really, not in a legal but in an evangelic sense; who is justified by the righteousness of Job's living…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The righteous also shall hold on his way - The meaning of this verse is plain; but the connection is not so apparent. It seems to me that it refers to “Job himself,” and is a declaration that “he,” a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 17:1-9

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.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The righteous also shall hold on Or, But the righteous shall hold on. The righteous will not allow themselves to be misled from the path of rectitude by these moral wrongs which they see prevail in…