Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Majority Standard Bible
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; therefore You will not exalt them.
6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not 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 →