Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you. New Living Translation “As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won’t find a wise man among you. English Standard Version But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you. Berean Standard Bible But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you. King James Bible But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. New King James Version “But please, come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you. New American Standard Bible “But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. NASB 1995 “But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. NASB 1977 “But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. Legacy Standard Bible But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. Amplified Bible “But as for all of you, come back again, Even though I do not find a wise man among you. Christian Standard Bible But come back and try again, all of you. I will not find a wise man among you. Holman Christian Standard Bible But come back and try again, all of you. I will not find a wise man among you. American Standard Version But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English However, behold, all of you returned and you turned and you came to me, and I did not find among you one who is wise Brenton Septuagint Translation Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you. Contemporary English Version But none of my friends show any sense. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. English Revised Version But return ye, all of you, and come now: and I shall not find a wise man among you. GOD'S WORD® Translation "But now, all of you, come and try again! I won't find one wise man among you. Good News Translation But if all of them came and stood before me, I would not find even one of them wise. International Standard Version "Come here now, all of you, and I won't find a wise person among you. JPS Tanakh 1917 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; And I shall not find a wise man among you. Literal Standard Version But please return and come in, all of you, | And I do not find a wise man among you. Majority Standard Bible But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you. New American Bible But turn now, and come on again; I do not find a wise man among you! NET Bible "But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you. New Revised Standard Version But you, come back now, all of you, and I shall not find a sensible person among you. New Heart English Bible But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you. Webster's Bible Translation But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. World English Bible But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you. Young's Literal Translation Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man. Additional Translations ... Context Job Prepares for Death…9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. 10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you. 11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.… Cross References Job 12:2 "Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! Job 17:11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off--even the desires of my heart. Treasury of Scripture But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. do ye return Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 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. for I Job 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 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. Jump to Previous Find Try WiseJump to Next Find Try WiseJob 17 1. Job appeals from men to God6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, 9. but not discourage the righteous 11. His hope is not in life, but in death (10) But as for you all, do ye return.--This is probably said with irony. "Come again and renew the argument between us; but I shall not be able to find a wise man among you. I am willing to listen to your argument, but I am confident as to the result of it." For I cannot find.--Rather, and I shall not find: i.e., if ye renew the argument. Verse 10. - But as for you all, do ye return, and come now. A challenge to his detractors. Return, all of you, to your old work of detraction, if you so please. I care not. Your accusations no longer vex me. For I cannot find one wise man among you. If I could the case would be different. But, as you have all shown yourselves wholly devoid of wisdom (comp. Job 42:8), what you say has no real importance.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Butוְֽאוּלָ֗ם (wə·’ū·lām) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 199: However, on the contrary come back וּבֹ֣אוּ (ū·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and try again, תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ (tā·šu·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again all of you. כֻּלָּ֣ם (kul·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every For I will not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no find אֶמְצָ֖א (’em·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present a wise man חָכָֽם׃ (ḥā·ḵām) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2450: Wise among you. בָכֶ֣ם (ḇā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Job 17:10 NIVJob 17:10 NLT Job 17:10 ESV Job 17:10 NASB Job 17:10 KJV Job 17:10 BibleApps.com Job 17:10 Biblia Paralela Job 17:10 Chinese Bible Job 17:10 French Bible Job 17:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 17:10 But as for you all come (Jb) |
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