Job 17:5
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and 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; 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 unto any man.
Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes do yet fail 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 →