Job 17:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾûlām all-of-them tāšuḇû û-ḇōʾû nāʾ and-not-ʾemṣāʾ among-you ḥāḵām

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾûlām*: conjunction + adverb - but/however
*tāšuḇû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - return/turn back
*û-ḇōʾû*: conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - and come
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*ʾemṣāʾ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will find
*ḥāḵām*: adjective, masculine singular - wise man

Word Meanings

*wə-ʾûlām*: but/however/nevertheless
*tāšuḇû*: return/turn back/repent
*û-ḇōʾû*: and come/enter/arrive
*ʾemṣāʾ*: I will find/discover/encounter
*ḥāḵām*: wise man/sage/skillful person

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 6:29 : 29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say [this] to move you to shame. What, {G3779} cannot there be [found] among you {G3761} one wise man who shall be able to decide {G303} between his brethren,
Job 12:2 : 2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:9 : 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

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