Job 17:5
For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.
6Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third generation and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding in thy dayes I will not doe it, because of Dauid thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:
Job 32:21I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.
Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Lamentations 4:17Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.
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 →