Job 17:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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