Job 17:4
כִּֽי ־ לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל ־ כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
In Context
3שִֽׂימָה ־ נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ ׃
5לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31וְדָוִד הִגִּיד לֵאמֹר אֲחִיתֹפֶל בַּקֹּשְׁרִים עִם ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד סַכֶּל ־ נָא אֶת ־ עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל יְהוָֽה ׃
2 Chronicles 25:16וַיְהִי ׀ בְּדַבְּרוֹ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הַלְיוֹעֵץ לַמֶּלֶךְ נְתַנּוּךָ חֲדַל ־ לְךָ לָמָּה יַכּוּךָ וַיֶּחְדַּל הַנָּבִיא וַיֹּאמֶר יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי ־ יָעַץ אֱלֹהִים לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָ כִּֽי ־ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת וְלֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי ׃ פ
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 →