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

8Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly; 9But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength. But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you. 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart. 12They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.

Job 17:10 word by word

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

• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450

Cross-references for Job 17:10

• Job 6:29Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.
• Malachi 3:18And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Job 17:4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
• Job 15:9What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
• Job 32:9It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
• Job 42:7And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• 1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

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