Job 17:10
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
American Standard Version
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
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Cross References
Job 6:29Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
Job 15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
Job 42:7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the 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 →