10 But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.
And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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Commentary on Job 17 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 17
In this chapter,
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,