Job 17:10
Job 17:10 Meaning and Explanation
“But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.”
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Read Full Chapter →Job challenges all his friends to come again, for he has found no wisdom in them.
What Does Job 17:10 Mean?
Job turns back to his three friends with a blunt challenge: let them all return and try again, yet he cannot find a single wise man among them. Their counsel has failed the test.
Job's frankness is not mere insult; it is a refusal to accept comfort that is not true. Real wisdom listens before it speaks and weeps before it lectures. The verse quietly warns us against confident words offered to the suffering when understanding is absent, and it points us to seek the wisdom that comes from God.
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What does Job 17:10 mean?
Job challenges all his friends to come again, for he has found no wisdom in them.