Job 17:9
Strong's Lexicon
Yet the righteous
צַדִּ֣יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

will hold
וְיֹאחֵ֣ז (wə·yō·ḥêz)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 270: 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened

to his way,
דַּרְכּ֑וֹ (dar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

and the one with clean hands
יָ֝דַ֗יִם (yā·ḏa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

וּֽטֳהָר־ (ū·ṭo·hār-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2891: 1) to be clean, be pure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean (physically-of disease) 1a2) to be clean ceremonially 1a3) to purify, be clean morally, made clean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleanse, purify 1b1a) physically 1b1b) ceremonially 1b1c) morally 1b2) to pronounce clean 1b3) to perform the ceremony of cleansing 1c) (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to purify oneself 1d1a) ceremonially 1d1b) morally 1d2) to present oneself for purification

will grow
יֹסִ֥יף (yō·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again

stronger.
אֹֽמֶץ׃ (’ō·meṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 555: 1) strength

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Young's Literal Translation
And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And—dumb are they all.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the righteous person will hold to his  way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow  stronger.

New American Standard Bible
"Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

King James Bible
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

New Living Translation
The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

English Standard Version
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

New American Standard Bible
"Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

King James Bible
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

International Standard Version
But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."

NET Bible
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.
















Cross References
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Job 22:30
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Psalm 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 40:31
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.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 17:8
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
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