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Job 17:10 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise "
Job 17:10
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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.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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Job 17:1
"My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves"
Job 17:2
"Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
Job 17:3
"Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands"
Job 17:4
"For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt"
Job 17:5
"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
Job 17:6
"He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
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