10 But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.
And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Commentary on Job 17 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 17
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His friends becoming strange to him, which greatly grieved him, he makes death and the grave familiar to him, which yielded him some comfort.
Job 17:1-9
Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:-
Job 17:10-16
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows,