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Job 17:8
8Good people are upset, when they see what is happening to me. They are angry with those who turn away from you.
Job 17:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
- New International Version (NIV)The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
Context of Job 17:8
6You have caused people to insult me, like that proverb says. People even spit at my face. 7I have cried so much that my eyes have become weak. My body is so thin that I am like a shadow. Good people are upset, when they see what is happening to me. They are angry with those who turn away from you. 9Righteous people continue to do things that are right. People who do good things become stronger. 10But you, my friends, come here! Try again to help me, all of you! I will not find a wise man among you.
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יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 17:8
- Psalms 73:12Take a good look, and see how wicked those people are! They have no troubles, and they become richer and richer.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8You may see a place where poor people are suffering. Powerful people may be hurting them. Do not be surprised if you see that. The judges may not be doing what is right and fair. That happens because the government's officers have to obey people who are more important than them.
- Habakkuk 1:13But you are too holy to accept anything that is evil. You cannot agree with people who do wrong things. So why do you let these wicked people live? Why do you say nothing? They are killing people who are more righteous than themselves.
- Romans 11:33Yes! God is very great! He has everything! He knows and he understands all things! Nobody can completely understand the things that he decides. Nobody can explain the ways in which he works.
- Job 34:30God does not let men rule, if they do not respect his ways. He stops them from causing trouble to the people.
- Acts 13:46But Paul and Barnabas were not afraid of them. They said to them, ‘It was right that we first tell you who are Jews the message from God. But now you say that God's message is not true. You have shown that you do not deserve true life with God. So we will leave you now. We will go and tell this message to the Gentiles.
Commentaries on Job 17:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Upright men shall be astonied - In several of these verses Job is supposed to speak prophetically of his future restoration, and of the good which religious society should derive from the history of his original affluence, consequent poverty and affliction, and final restoration to health, peace, and prosperity. The upright will receive the account with astonishment, and wonder at the dispensations of the Almighty; while hypocrites, false professors and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Upright men shall be astonished at this - At the course of events in regard to me. They will be amazed that God has suffered a holy man to be plunged into such calamities, and to be treated in this manner by his friends. The fact at which he supposes they would be so much astonished was, that the good were afflicted in this manner, and that no relief was furnished. And the innocent shall stir up himself - Shall rouse himself, or assume vigor to resist the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Some scholars think these verses are out of place. However, Job might have been quoting his opponents' words ironically.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. astonied--at my unmerited sufferings. against the hypocrite--The upright shall feel their sense of justice wounded ("will be indignant") because of the prosperity of the wicked. By "hypocrite" or "ungodly," he perhaps glances at his false friends.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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