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10 But[a] all of you must return[b]please come![c]
But[d] I shall not find a wise person among you.
11 “My days are past; my plans are broken down—
even the desires of my heart.
12 They make night into day,
saying, ‘Light is near to darkness.’[e]

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  1. Job 17:10 Literally “And but”
  2. Job 17:10 Literally “all of them you must return”
  3. Job 17:10 Literally “and please come,” or “come on!”
  4. Job 17:10 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 17:12 Literally “near from the faces of darkness”

10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
    I will not find a wise man among you.(A)
11 My days have passed,(B) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(C)
12 turn night into day;(D)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(E)

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

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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10 But you, (A)come on again, all of you,
    and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 My (B)days are past; my plans are broken off,
    the desires of my heart.
12 They (C)make night into day:
    ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]

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  1. Job 17:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain