Job 17 · Verse 10

Job 17:10

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 17:10, King James Version

Job 17:10 in other translations

BSBBut come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
WEBBut as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
ASVBut as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
YLTReturn, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
DARBYBut as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
BBEBut come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
WebsterBut as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

What does Job 17:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. return--If you have anything to advance really wise, though I doubt it, recommence your speech. For as yet I cannot find one wise man among you all.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 But as for you all - Ye are too proud, and too full of self-importance, to profit by what ye see. Return - enter into yourselves, consider your ways, go again to school, get back to your own houses, and endeavor to acquire humility and knowledge; for there is not one wise man among you.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 17:10-16
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 17:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.Lamand butH199
כֻּלָּ֣םku.Lamall of themH3605
תָּ֭שֻׁבוּTa.shu.vuyou will returnH7725
וּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uand comeH935
נָ֑אNa'pleaseH4994
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אֶמְצָ֖א'em.Tza'I will findH4672
בָכֶ֣םva.Khemamong you
חָכָֽם\׃cha.Khama wise [person]H2450

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 17:10

  • Job 42:7

    And 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.

  • Job 6:29

    Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:20

    Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • 1 Corinthians 6:5

    I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

  • Job 17:4

    For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

  • Malachi 3:18

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • Job 12:2

    No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

  • Job 15:9

    What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

  • Job 32:9

    Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
do ye return.
6:29; Mal 3:18
for I.
4; 15:9; 32:9; 42:7; 1Co 1:20; 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 17:9

    The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

  • Job 17:10

    But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  • Job 17:11

    My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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Job 17:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas volved todos vosotros, y venid ahora, que no hallaré entre vosotros sabio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais quant à vous tous, revenez encore, je vous prie; mais je ne trouverai pas un sage parmi vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber ihr alle, kommet nur wieder heran! und einen Weisen werde ich nicht unter euch finden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.