Job 17:10

Job 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
• New International Version (NIV)“But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But please, come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.

Context of Job 17:10

8The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted. 9Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. But as for all of you, come back again, Even though I do not find a wise man among you. 11My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart; The wishes of my heart [are broken]. 12These [thoughts try to] make the night into the day; ‘The light is near,’ they say in the presence of darkness [but they pervert the truth].

Job 17:10 word by word

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butאוּלָם'ûlâm · butH199
• as for you all, do ye returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and come nowבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• for I cannot findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450

Cross-references for Job 17:10

• Job 6:29Turn away [from your suspicion], let there be no injustice; Turn away, my righteousness and vindication is still in it.
• Malachi 3:18Then you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve Him.
• Job 17:4But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].
• Job 15:9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?
• Job 32:9Those [who are] abundant in years may not [always] be wise, Nor may the elders [always] understand justice.
• Job 42:7It came about that after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
• 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is not one wise man among you who [is governed by integrity and] will be able and competent to decide [private disputes] between his fellow believers,

Commentaries on Job 17:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But as for you all - Ye are too proud, and too full of self-importance, to profit by what ye see. Return - enter into yourselves, consider your ways, go again to school, get back to your own houses, and endeavor to acquire humility and knowledge; for there is not one wise man among you.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But as for you all, do you return - This may mean, either, “return to the debate;” or, “return from your unjust and uncharitable opinion concerning me.” The former seems to accord best with the scope of the passage. Tindal renders it, “Get you hence.” Dr. Good, “Get ye hence, and begone, I pray.” Wemyss, “Repeat your discourses as often as you may, I do not find a wise man among you.” It is doubtful, however, whether the Hebrew will bear this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-16Job no longer trusted his friends and thought he would die without hope (6:15–21; 13:4–5; 16:2–3; compare 12:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. return--If you have anything to advance really wise, though I doubt it, recommence your speech. For as yet I cannot find one wise man among you all.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 17:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Wise, Man
• Extinct
• Hold

Commentaries on Job 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings