King James Version
Job 17:9 in the King James Version says “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be: Heb. add stre...” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be: Heb. add strength”
Job 17:9 · KJV
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. my members: or, my thoughts
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be: Heb. add strength
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also shall hold”
H270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
“on his way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
“hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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