King James Version
Job 17:10 in the King James Version says “But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.”
Job 17:10 · KJV
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be: Heb. add strength
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. short: Heb. near
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“as for you all do ye return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for I cannot find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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