“I’m sure you think you are\par the only wise people.\par You think when you die,\par wisdom will be gone with you.\par
Job 17:10 - Easy To Read Version “But come on, all of you,\par try to show me that it is all my fault.\par None of you are wise.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
“I’m sure you think you are\par the only wise people.\par You think when you die,\par wisdom will be gone with you.\par
Job, we know more than you do!\par We understand things that you don’t.\par
My life is passing away.\par My plans are destroyed.\par My hope is gone.\par
You have closed my friends’ minds\par and they don’t understand.\par Please don’t let them win.\par
Old men are not the only wise people.\par Old people are not the only people\par that understand what is right.\par
After the Lord finished talking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz from Teman. The Lord said to Eliphaz, “I am angry at you and your two friends. Why? Because you didn’t say right things about me. But Job is my servant. Job said right things about me.
So now, change your mind.\par Don’t be unfair, think again.\par I have done nothing wrong.\par
Where is the wise person? Where is the educated person? Where is the philosopher {\cf2\super [7]} of this time? God has made the wisdom of the world foolish.
I say this to shame you. Surely there is some person in your group wise enough to judge a complaint between two brothers (believers)!