Job 17:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

KJV

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.be…: Heb. add strength

WEB

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

ASV

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

LSV

And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, || And the clean of hands adds strength.

YLT

And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.

DBY

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

DRC

And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

GNV

But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.

JPS

Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.

LXXE

But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδὸν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.

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• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Isaiah 1:15–16When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds…
• Job 22:30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
• Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
• Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the…
• Isaiah 40:29–31He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with…
• Genesis 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
• Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
• Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
• Isaiah 35:8–10And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it. No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it.…
• 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

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