Parallel Verses

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 Version

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

Holman 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."

A Conservative Version

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Bible in Basic English

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

Darby Translation

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

Julia Smith Translation

And the just shall hold on his way, and the clean one of hands shall add strength.

King James 2000

The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands adds strength.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous also will keep his way, and he that hath clean hands, will ever be stronger and stronger.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

The Emphasized Bible

That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

on his way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

and he that hath clean
טהור 
T@howr 
Usage: 1

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

shall be
יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

References

Hastings

Way

Context Readings

Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You

8 “The upright will be appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 “Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 “But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.



Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

Job 22:30

“He will deliver one who is not innocent,
And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

Genesis 20:5

Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 26:6

I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.

Isaiah 1:15-16

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 35:8-10

A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.

Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.

Mark 7:2

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

1 Peter 1:5

who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

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