Job 17:5
They betray friends to gain benefit for themselves and their children suffer for it.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
6He has made me a proverb of ridicule among the people; they spit in my face.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
1 Kings 11:12However, for the sake of your father David, I will not do this in your lifetime—I will take it away from your son.
Job 32:21I will not take sides, and I'm not going to flatter anyone.
Proverbs 20:19A gossip goes around revealing secrets; stay away from people who talk a lot.
Lamentations 4:17We wore out our eyes pointlessly looking for help the whole time; we watched from our towers for a nation to come that couldn't save us.
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 →