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Job 17:10
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But come back and try again, all of you.I will not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
"But, all of you, come and try again! I do not find a wise person among you.
"But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
"But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you.
But come again all of you now,For I do not find a wise man among you.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
But none of my friends show any sense.
"But as for you all, turn around! Come back! — yet I won't find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
"But come on, all of you, and try to prove me wrong. I don't find any of you to be wise.
But as for you all, you are hypocritical, and yet you return and come to me; but I cannot find a wise man among you.
But if all of them came and stood before me, I would not find even one of them wise.
But all of you must return—please come! But I shall not find a wise person among you.
And now all of them, go back and please come again; and I shall not find among you a wise man.
As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge you.
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, doe you returne, and come now, for I cannot find one wise man among you.
As for al you, turne you and get you hence [I pray you] seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.
Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
But return ye, all of you, and come now: and I shall not find a wise man among you.
Therfor alle `ye be conuertid, and come ye; and Y schal not fynde in you ony wiys man.
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
"But please, come back again, all of you, [fn] For I shall not find one wise man among you.
"As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won't find a wise man among you.
But all of you try again, and I will not find a wise man among you.
But you, come back now, all of you, and I shall not find a sensible person among you.
But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
"Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said. My life's about over. All my plans are smashed, all my hopes are snuffed out— My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break. If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin, If a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms, Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that? No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!"
"But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
do ye return: Job 6:29, Malachi 3:18
for I: Job 17:4, Job 15:9, Job 32:9, Job 42:7, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 6:5
Reciprocal: Job 15:27 - he covereth Job 18:3 - Wherefore Job 26:3 - counselled
Cross-References
Then Abram fell on his face [in worship], and God spoke with him, saying,
"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
Further, God said to Abraham, "As for you [your part of the agreement], you shall keep and faithfully obey [the terms of] My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be the sign (symbol, memorial) of the covenant between Me and you.
"Every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, [including] a servant whether born in the house or one who is purchased with [your] money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.
And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael [my firstborn] might live before You!"
But God said, "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
On the very same day Abraham was circumcised, as well as Ishmael his son.
"But we will consent to you only on this condition: if you will become like us, in that every male among you consents to be circumcised,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now,.... This is an address to his three friends, all and everyone of them, who he perceived were nettled with his reply, and were either departing, or preparing for a rejoinder; and being conscious of his innocence, and satisfied of the goodness of his cause, and having nothing to fear from them, boldly challenges them to go on with the dispute; for though they were three to one, he was a match for them all; or else he calls upon them to turn and repent of what they had said to him, to relinquish the bad notions and ill opinion they had of him, and to retract their hard speeches and unjust censures, and return to a friendly and amicable conversation; or however, that they would come and sit down quietly, and patiently hear what he had further to say to them for their information and instruction, which they stood in great need of:
for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you; that took his case right, was capable of judging of it, and speaking pertinently to it, and of administering comfort to him in it; they were physicians, but not skilful ones; comforters, but miserable ones; had not the tongue of the learned, to speak a word in season; disputants, but wranglers, and knew not where the pinch of the controversy lay; and their arguments were weak and worthless, and their judgment and sense of things not deserving any regard, see 1 Corinthians 6:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But 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 construction.
For I cannot find one wise man among you - Perhaps the idea here is, “I have not yet found one wise man among you, and you are invited, therefore, to renew the argument. Hitherto you have said nothing that indicates wisdom. Try again, and see if you can say anything now that shall deserve attention.” If this is the meaning, it shows that Job was willing to hear all that they had to say, and to give them credit for wisdom, if they ever evinced any.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 17:10. But 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 endeavour to acquire humility and knowledge; for there is not one wise man among you.
