Job 17:5
He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand.
Job 32:21Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Proverbs 20:19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our 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 →