Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 17:8
8. astonied—at my unmerited sufferings. against the hypocrite—The upright shall feel their sense of justice wounded ("will be indignant") because of the prosperity of the wicked. By "hypocrite" or "ungodly," he perhaps glances at his false friends. read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 17:8
Job 17:8. And the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite— The innocent, to be sure, will exert himself against the profligate. The whole of this and the next verse is an irony. Heath. read more