Job 17:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

But as for you all, do you return, and come now; for I cannot find one wise man among you.

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  • Job 6:29 : 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has 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 who shall be able to judge between his brethren?
  • Job 12:2 : 2 No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
  • Job 15:9 : 9 What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
  • Job 32:9 : 9 Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

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