Job 17:10
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Majority Standard Bible
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 a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
Cross References
Job 6:29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
Job 15:9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Job 18:3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? 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 →