Literally, “hand to hand.” Its meaning is, “Hand may pledge faith to hand, people may confederate for evil, yet punishment will come at last;” or “…

Though hand join in hand.— For this sense, compare Isaiah 28:15 and following. The passage may also mean “hand to hand,” i.e.,…

[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be
unpunished
Though they give the…

Joining together in sin will not protect the sinners.