Parallel Verses

Holman 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 Version

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and 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 are appalled at this,
and the innocent are roused against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
10 But come back and try again, all of you.
I will not find a wise man among you.



Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Job 22:30

He will even rescue the guilty one,
who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

Genesis 20:5

Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Psalm 24:4

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not set his mind on what is false,
and who has not sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,

Psalm 73:13

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.

Isaiah 1:15-16

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 35:8-10

A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.

Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives strength to the weary
and strengthens the powerless.

Mark 7:2

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

1 Peter 1:5

You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

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