Job 17:5
He that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
6And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
1 Kings 11:12notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did 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 →