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

8Good people are upset, when they see what is happening to me. They are angry with those who turn away from you. 9Righteous people continue to do things that are right. People who do good things become stronger. But you, my friends, come here! Try again to help me, all of you! I will not find a wise man among you. 11I will not live for many more days. I will never do the things that I wanted to do. 12My friends say, “It is day”, when it is still night. They do not know the difference between light and dark.

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 6:29Change what you are saying about me. Do not say that I am guilty. Think again, for I am truly a good person.
• Malachi 3:18Because of that, you will see again that I am kind to good people, but I punish wicked people. I show the difference between people who serve me well and those who do not.’
• Job 17:4You have stopped my friends from thinking properly. So do not allow them to win the argument.
• Job 15:9You do not know any more than we know. We understand as much as you do.
• Job 32:9Not all old people are wise. Old people do not always understand what is right.
• Job 42:7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20So the wise people in this world are not really important. The clever teachers of God's Law are not really important. People who know how to argue well are not really important. God has shown that the wise ideas that belong to this world have no value.
• 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this so that you will feel ashamed. There is surely a wise person in your group who could decide quarrels between yourselves.

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