The Meaning of Job 17:9 Explained

Job 17:9

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

YLT: And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.

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

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

Discover Job 17:9

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 17:9?

MEANING: What does Job 17:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 17:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 17:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 17:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 17:1-16 - "the Bars Of Sheol"
Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9
He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if only he were delivered from their mockery; and asks that God would arbitrate between him and them. God is the supreme Judge, and Job asks Him to become his surety against the recriminations of those who so shamefully misjudged him. There is no other course for hunted souls than appeal from man to God in the person of Jesus. At the close of this paragraph he insists that amid a whirlwind of trouble the righteous must hold on his way and keep his hands clean. If any should read these words whose path has dipped down into the valley of the shadow, let them hold on their way. Go on doing the will of God, so far as you know it, and it will bring you out under His heaven of love.
Job's gloomy anticipations of the future, Job 17:10-16
For him there was a grave of darkness and gloom. Men had not as yet been begotten again unto a living hope by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The soul must descend to the bars of Sheol, Job 17:16, r.v. What a contrast to our Christian hope! There is no need for us to claim the pit for father and the worm for sister! In the Father's house are many mansions. The sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed! Our kin are not in the dust. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 17

1  Job appeals from men to God
6  The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
9  but not discourage the righteous
11  His hope is not in life, but in death

What do the individual words in Job 17:9 mean?

And yet will hold the righteous to his way and he who has clean hands will increase in strength
וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־ יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ

וְיֹאחֵ֣ז  And  yet  will  hold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָחוּז 
Sense: grasp, take hold, seize, take possession.
צַדִּ֣יק  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
דַּרְכּ֑וֹ  to  his  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וּֽטֳהָר־  and  he  who  has  clean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
יָ֝דַ֗יִם  hands 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
יֹסִ֥יף  will  increase  in 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
אֹֽמֶץ  strength 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹמֶץ  
Sense: strength.

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