Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
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 reputed dull in your sight?
Job 42:7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD 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.
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 →