Job 17:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.”

Job 17:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 17:109 words

HebrewMeaning

וְֽ/אוּלָ֗םwəʾwlām

and butconjH199

but · howbeit · in very deed · surely ···

כֻּלָּ֣/םkulām

all of themnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

תָּ֭שֻׁבוּtāšubw

you will returnverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

וּ/בֹ֣אוּwbōʾw

and comeconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

נָ֑אnāʾ

pleaseparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶמְצָ֖אʾeməṣāʾ

I will findverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

בָ/כֶ֣םbākem

pron

חָכָֽםḥākām

a wise personadjH2450

subtil · wise · man)

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 17:10

But as for you all, do ye turn and come now. Which same words of exhortation he properly frames to the Elect, whom he calls to the eternal world; who are bidden in two ways, viz. that they should ‘turn,’ and that they should ‘come;’ ‘turn’ by faith, ‘come’ by practice. Or indeed that they ‘turn’ by abandoning evil deeds, and ‘come’ by doing good ones; as it is written, Depart from evil, and do good: but that is wonderful which is added, And may I not find one wise man among…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 13 §43

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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