Job 17:8
New International Version
The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

New Living Translation
The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly.

English Standard Version
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

Berean Standard Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

King James Bible
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

New King James Version
Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

New American Standard Bible
“The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

NASB 1995
“The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

NASB 1977
“The upright shall be appalled at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Legacy Standard Bible
The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

Amplified Bible
“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

Christian Standard Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are roused against the godless.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are roused against the godless.

American Standard Version
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The upright will be amazed for this, and the innocent one will be emptied out for the guilty

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.

Contemporary English Version
People who are truly good would feel so alarmed, that they would become angry with my worthless friends.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

English Revised Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Decent people are shocked by this, and it stirs up the innocent against godless people.

Good News Translation
Those who claim to be honest are shocked, and they all condemn me as godless.

International Standard Version
The upright are appalled over this, and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

Literal Standard Version
The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.

Majority Standard Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

New American Bible
The upright are astonished at this, the innocent aroused against the wicked.

NET Bible
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

New Revised Standard Version
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.

New Heart English Bible
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Webster's Bible Translation
Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

World English Bible
Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

Young's Literal Translation
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

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Context
Job Prepares for Death
7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. 8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless. 9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.…

Cross References
Ezra 9:3
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Job 22:19
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:


Treasury of Scripture

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

astonied

Psalm 73:12-15
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches…

Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

stir up

Job 34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Job 17
1. Job appeals from men to God
6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
9. but not discourage the righteous
11. His hope is not in life, but in death














(8) Upright men shall be astonied.--"As a result of the warning my case would give, upright men would be astonished at it, innocent men would be encouraged, and the righteous would persevere and wax bold."

Verse 8. - Upright men shall be astonied at this. When Job's case comes to beknown, "upright men" will be astonished at it. They will marvel how it came to pass that such a man - so true, so faithful, so "perfect" (Job 1:1) - could have been allowed by God to suffer so terribly. In a world where, up to Job's time, prosperity had been taken as the measure of goodness, the marvel was naturally great. Even now many a Christian is surprised and disturbed in mind if he gives the case prolonged and serious attention, though he holds the clue to it in that most enlightening phrase, "perfect through sufferings" (Hebrews 2:10). And the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. On astonishment will follow indignation. When it becomes generally recognized that, in a vast number of cases, the righteous suffer, while the wicked enjoy great prosperity, good men's feelings will be stirred up against these prosperous ones; they will wax indignant, and take part against them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The upright
יְשָׁרִ֣ים (yə·šā·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

are appalled
יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ (yā·šōm·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this,
זֹ֑את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

and the innocent
וְ֝נָקִ֗י (wə·nā·qî)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

are stirred
יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ (yiṯ·‘ō·rār)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the godless.
חָנֵ֥ף (ḥā·nêp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2611: Profane, irreligious


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