Job 17:5
He who denounces his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his sons shall fail.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].
6But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding I will not do it in thy days, for David thy father's sake, but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person. Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Proverbs 20:19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
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 →