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THE MESSAGE
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 as for all of you, come back again, Even though I do 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.
"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
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, "This is my covenant with you: You'll be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that ‘I'm making you the father of many nations.' I'll make you a father of fathers—I'll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I'm giving you and your descendants this land where you're now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I'll be their God."
God continued to Abraham, "And you: You will honor my covenant, you and your descendants, generation after generation. This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls in all your descendants: Circumcise every male. Circumcise by cutting off the foreskin of the penis; it will be the sign of the covenant between us. Every male baby will be circumcised when he is eight days old, generation after generation—this includes house-born slaves and slaves bought from outsiders who are not blood kin. Make sure you circumcise both your own children and anyone brought in from the outside. That way my covenant will be cut into your body, a permanent mark of my permanent covenant. An uncircumcised male, one who has not had the foreskin of his penis cut off, will be cut off from his people—he has broken my covenant."
Recovering, Abraham said to God, "Oh, keep Ishmael alive and well before you!"
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
"If an immigrant is staying with you and wants to keep the Passover to God , every male in his family must be circumcised, then he can participate in the Meal—he will then be treated as a native son. But no uncircumcised person can eat it.
God , your God, will cut away the thick calluses on your heart and your children's hearts, freeing you to love God , your God, with your whole heart and soul and live, really live. God , your God, will put all these curses on your enemies who hated you and were out to get you.
At that time God said to Joshua, "Make stone knives and circumcise the People of Israel a second time." So Joshua made stone knives and circumcised the People of Israel at Foreskins Hill.
This is why Joshua conducted the circumcision. All the males who had left Egypt, the soldiers, had died in the wilderness on the journey out of Egypt. All the people who had come out of Egypt, of course, had been circumcised, but all those born in the wilderness along the way since leaving Egypt had not been. The fact is that the People of Israel had walked through that wilderness for forty years until the entire nation died out, all the men of military age who had come out of Egypt but had disobeyed the call of God . God vowed that these would never lay eyes on the land God had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. But their children had replaced them. These are the ones Joshua circumcised. They had never been circumcised; no one had circumcised them along the way.
"Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign.
God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it's now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
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.
