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 Study 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. 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. Good News Translation But if all of them came and stood before me, I would not find even one of them wise. GOD'S WORD® Translation "But now, all of you, come and try again! I won't find one wise man among you. 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. NET Bible "But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you. New Heart English Bible But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you. World English Bible But as for you all, come on now again; I shall 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.
(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 Jump to Previous Find Try WiseJump to Next Find Try WiseLinks 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 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Job 17:10 But as for you all come (Jb) |
   
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