Job 17:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:29 : 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 ¶ And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD 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 this world?
  • 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge 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 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

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