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Job 17:8

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

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יָשֹׁ֣מּוּyashomvmake amazedשָׁמֵםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “make amazed”, an unfinished actionH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.יְשָׁרִ֣יםyesharimstraightיָשָׁרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “straight”, the ordinary formH3477straight (literally or figuratively)convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זֹ֑אתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.וְ֝נָקִ֗יvenaqiand innocentנָקִיconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and innocent”, the ordinary formH5355innocentblameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חָנֵ֥ףchanefhypocriteחָנֵףadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “hypocrite”, the ordinary formH2611soiled (i.e. with sin), impioushypocrite(-ical).יִתְעֹרָֽרyitorarwakeעוּרverb, hithpolel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “wake”, an unfinished actionH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Young’s Literal Translation

Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

World English Bible

Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

Darby Translation

Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

Douay-Rheims

The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη.