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

6“God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face. 7My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self. The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly. 9The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger. 10“As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won’t 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 73:12Look at these wicked people— enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
• Habakkuk 1:13But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than they?
• Romans 11:33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!
• Job 34:30He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people.
• Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it 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