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New Century Version

Job 17:8

Honest people are upset about this; innocent people are upset with those who do wrong.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Hypocrisy;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Godless;   Hypocrisy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The upright are appalled at this,and the innocent are roused against the godless.
Hebrew Names Version
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
King James Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
English Standard Version
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
New English Translation
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with 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.
New American Standard Bible
"The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
World English Bible
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The righteous shalbe astonied at this, and the innocent shalbe moued against ye hypocrite.
Legacy Standard Bible
The upright will be appalled at this,And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
Berean Standard Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
Contemporary English Version
People who are truly good would feel so alarmed, that they would become angry at my worthless friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
The upright are perplexed at this, the innocent aroused against the hypocrites.
Darby Translation
Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people wonder how this could happen. The innocent are upset with anyone who is against God.
George Lamsa Translation
Upright men shall be amazed at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the guilty.
Good News Translation
Those who claim to be honest are shocked, and they all condemn me as godless.
Lexham English Bible
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent excites himself over the godless.
Literal Translation
Upright ones shall be amazed at this; and the innocent shall stir himself against the ungodly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vertuous me therfore shall wel cosidre this, and the innocent shal take parte agaynst the Ypocrite.
American Standard Version
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Bible in Basic English
The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
King James Version (1611)
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stirre vp himselfe against the hypocrite.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Vertuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shal take part against the hypocrite.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
English Revised Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Iust men schulen wondre on this thing; and an innocent schal be reisid ayens an ypocrite.
Update Bible Version
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir himself up against the godless.
Webster's Bible Translation
Upright [men] shall be astonished 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 Living Translation
The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly.
New Life Bible
Men who are right and good will be surprised and afraid at this. He who is without guilt will be moved to go against the sinful.
New Revised Standard
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
Revised Standard Version
Upright men are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
Young's Literal Translation
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

Contextual Overview

1 My spirit is broken; the days of my life are almost gone. The grave is waiting for me. 2 Those who laugh at me surround me; I watch them insult me. 3 "God, make me a promise. No one will make a pledge for me. 4 You have closed their minds to understanding. Do not let them win over me. 5 People might speak against their friends for money, but if they do, the eyes of their children go blind. 6 "God has made my name a curse word; people spit in my face. 7 My sight has grown weak because of my sadness, and my body is as thin as a shadow. 8 Honest people are upset about this; innocent people are upset with those who do wrong. 9 But those who do right will continue to do right, and those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

astonied: Psalms 73:12-15, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Habakkuk 1:13, Romans 11:33

stir up: Job 34:30, Acts 13:46

Reciprocal: Job 1:8 - upright Job 21:5 - be astonished Job 33:9 - innocent

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:17
Get up! Walk through all this land because I am now giving it to you."
Genesis 17:7
And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?"
Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year."
Genesis 23:4
"I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife."
Genesis 28:4
May he give you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may own the land where you are now living as a stranger, the land God gave to Abraham."
Genesis 48:4
He said to me, ‘I will give you many children. I will make you the father of many peoples, and I will give your descendants this land forever.'
Exodus 6:7
I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who saves you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Upright men shall be astonished at this,.... Such as were upright in heart, and in their walk conversation, sincere and honourable in their profession of religion, these would be amazed at the afflictions of Job, and the unkindness of his friends; it is hereby suggested, that it would be then, and in ages to come, a matter of surprise to truly gracious persons, when they should hear of such sore afflictions laid upon so good a man, and he told what censures, calumnies, and reproaches, were cast upon him by his friends; this would be so astonishing, that they would not know how to believe it, and still more at a loss how to account for it, that such things should be permitted in Providence, there being reason to believe the truth of them:

and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite; that is, such, who though they are not free from sin, yet live holy and harmless lives and conversations among men, so that they are not chargeable with any gross iniquity, or what is scandalous and unbecoming their character; these shall rise up with indignation against such persons as pretend to a great deal of sanctify and devotion, and yet have no charity or love to an afflicted saint, but censure and reproach him, and add affliction to his affliction. Thus Job retorts the charge of hypocrisy his friends brought against him upon them; for he seems tacitly to design them, and delivers these words as a kind of solace to himself; that though he was thus used by them at that time, yet good men in future time would have different apprehensions of him, and rise up and vindicate his name and character.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upright men shall be astonished at this - At the course of events in regard to me. They will be amazed that God has suffered a holy man to be plunged into such calamities, and to be treated in this manner by his friends. The fact at which he supposes they would be so much astonished was, that the good were afflicted in this manner, and that no relief was furnished.

And the innocent shall stir up himself - Shall rouse himself, or assume vigor to resist the wicked.

The hypocrite - The wicked - alluding probably to his professed friends. The idea of hypocrisy which the sentence conveys arises from the fact, that they professed to be “his” friends, and had proved to be false; and that they had professed to be the friends of God, and yet had uttered sentiments inconsistent with any right views of him. He now says, that that could not go unnoticed. The world would be aroused at so remarkable a state of things, and a just public indignation would be the result.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 17:8. Upright men shall be astonied — In several of these verses Job is supposed to speak prophetically of his future restoration, and of the good which religious society should derive from the history of his original affluence, consequent poverty and affliction, and final restoration to health, peace, and prosperity. The upright will receive the account with astonishment, and wonder at the dispensations of the Almighty; while hypocrites, false professors and the sour-headed, godly, shall be unmasked, and innocent men, whether in affliction or affluence, shall be known to be favourites of the Almighty.


 
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