Job 17:5
He shall promise mischief to his companions: 1 But their eyes have failed for their children. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 wisdom; 1 Therefore thou shalt not exalt them. 1
6But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, 1 And I am become a scorn to them. 1
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,
1 Kings 11:12Only in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will take it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 32:21For truly I will not be awed because of man, 1 Nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal. 1
Lamentations 4:17While we yet lived our eyes failed, 1 While we looked in vain for our help. 1 We looked to a nation that could not save. 1
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 →