Job 17:10
But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man amongst you.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
11My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
Cross References
Job 6:29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
Job 15:9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
Job 18:3Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
Job 42:7It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t 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 →