Job 17:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Job 17:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 17:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The righteous also shall hold on his (k) way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (k) That is, will not be discouraged, considering that the godly are punished as well as th...

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• Job 17:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now die. Job 17:2 is obscure; the general sense...

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• Job 17:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 468 DARK DISPENSATIONS OVERRULED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAINTS 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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• Job 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. The righteous also shall hold on his way - There shall be no doubt concerning the dispensations...

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• Job 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. The strength of religious principle is heightened by misfortune. The pious shall take fre...

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• Job 17:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, and he rejects their promises of restoration in the...

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• Job 17:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom of insolent evildoers described again and again i...

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• Job 17:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 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 t...

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• Job 17:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise man." And yet he struggled through the unutterabl...

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• Job 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (4) For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. (5) He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (6) He hath made me...

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• Job 17:9 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  ‘STILL THERE’S MORE TO FOLLOW’ ‘The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.’ Job 17:9 We must believe it to be true of angels as we...

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• Job 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 Red...

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• Job 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Ver. 9. The righteous also shall hold on his way ] Stumble he may for a time at his own calam...

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• Job 17:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The righteous shall hold on his way Shall persevere in that good way upon which he hath entered, and not be turned from it by any afflictions which may befall himself, or any other good men; nor by...

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• Job 17:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what he had once enjoyed. "My spirit is broken, my days...

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• Job 17:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. B. C. 1520.       1 My breath...

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• Job 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Shall hold on his way, i.e. shall persist in that good way into which he hath entered, and not be turned from it by any afflictions which may befall himself or any other good men, nor by any contem...

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• Job 17:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is destroyed’), my days are extinct (or, extinguished,...

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• Job 17:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Job 17:9 These words assure us of two things which our minds need a security of our continuance and of our growth. I. Who are the righteous? (1) A righteous man is a true man; (2) a righteous man...

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• Job 17:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my repose. Why then make a jest of me, while my eye we...

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• Job 17:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. The way of the righteous It may seem a work of supererogation to say anything upon such a...

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• Job 17:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupied mainly with Job's complaints of his treatment b...

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• Job 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Complains of his Weakness

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• Job 17:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:19 ; 1 Peter 1:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Genesis 20:5 ; Isaiah 1:15 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Isaiah 35:8-10 ; Isaiah 40:29-31 ; Mark 7:2 ; Proverbs 14:16 ; Proverbs 4...

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