Job 17:4
For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
In Context
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?
5He who denounces his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his sons shall fail.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee,
Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Romans 11:8just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →