Job 17:8

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

6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit. 7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless. 9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. 10“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

Job 17:8 word by word

יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• shall be astoniedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• at this, and the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• shall stir upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• himself against the hypocriteחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611

Cross-references for Job 17:8

• Psalms 73:12Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
• Habakkuk 1:13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
• Job 34:30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.
• Acts 13:46Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning 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

Topics related to Job 17:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Hypocrisy

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Godless
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite

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