Job 17:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾḥēz ṣaddîq darkô û-ṭohār-yāḏayim yōsîp̄ ʾōmeṣ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾḥēz*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he holds fast
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective/noun, masculine singular - righteous one
• *darkô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way
• *û-ṭohār-yāḏayim*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine dual - and clean of hands
• *yōsîp̄*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he increases/adds
• *ʾōmeṣ*: noun, masculine singular - strength/courage

Word Meanings

• *wə-yōʾḥēz*: and he holds fast/grasps/maintains
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just one
• *darkô*: his way/path/journey
• *û-ṭohār-yāḏayim*: and clean of hands/pure of hands
• *yōsîp̄*: he increases/adds/continues
• *ʾōmeṣ*: strength/courage/steadfastness

Referenced Verses

• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Job 22:30 : 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
• Gen 20:5 : 5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
• Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
• Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
• Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isa 35:8-9 : 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein]. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
• Mark 7:2 : 2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.