Job 17:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But you, come back now, all of you, and I shall not find a sensible person among you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: For I cannot find one wise man among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as for you, come on again, all of you, though I find not a wise man among you. American Standard Version (1901) But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. Common English Bible But you can bring all of them again, and I won’t find a wise one among you. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore be you all converted, and come: and I shall not find among you any wise man. |
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Since you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
It is not the old who are wise nor the aged who understand what is right.
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 what is right, as my servant Job has.
Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one person wise enough to decide between brothers and sisters?