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What does Job 17:8 mean?
"Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless."
— Job 17:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He who denounces his friends for plunder, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
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