Job 17:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be 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 just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Job 22:30 : 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine 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 no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• Gen 20:5 : 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and 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 vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed{H8765)} my heart in vain, and washed{H8799)} my hands in innocency.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go{H8799)} from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth{H8735)} before God.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, 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 an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have 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 upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
• Mark 7:2 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, 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 are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.