Job 17:8
Good News Translation
Those who claim to be honest are shocked, and they all condemn me as godless.

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

astonied

Psalm 73:12-15 Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

Habakkuk 1:13 Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

stir up

Job 34:30 Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people.

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

Context
Job Prepares for Death
7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. 8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.…
Cross References
Ezra 9:3
And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.

Job 22:19
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

Job 17:7
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