Job 17:10
But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
In Context
9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Cross References
Job 6:29Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
Job 15:9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
Job 18:3Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
Job 42:7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →