Job 17:5
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 32:21I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
Proverbs 20:19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
Lamentations 4:17Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to 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 →