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Job 17:10 KJV
Job · chapter 17 · verse 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 context
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- findmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): "Return, and come now, be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16