Job 17:5
לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4כִּֽי ־ לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל ־ כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם ׃
6וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה ׃
Cross References
Exodus 20:5לֹֽא ־ תִשְׁתַּחְוֶה לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם כִּי אָֽנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵל קַנָּא פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבֹת עַל ־ בָּנִים עַל ־ שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל ־ רִבֵּעִים לְשֹׂנְאָֽי ׃
1 Kings 11:12אַךְ ־ בְּיָמֶיךָ לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה לְמַעַן דָּוִד אָבִיךָ מִיַּד בִּנְךָ אֶקְרָעֶֽנָּה ׃
Job 32:21אַל ־ נָא אֶשָּׂא פְנֵי ־ אִישׁ וְאֶל ־ אָדָם לֹא אֲכַנֶּֽה ׃
Proverbs 20:19גּֽוֹלֶה ־ סּוֹד הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל וּלְפֹתֶה שְׂפָתָיו לֹא תִתְעָרָֽב ׃
Lamentations 4:17עודינה תִּכְלֶינָה עֵינֵינוּ אֶל ־ עֶזְרָתֵנוּ הָבֶל בְּצִפִּיָּתֵנוּ צִפִּינוּ אֶל ־ גּוֹי לֹא יוֹשִֽׁעַ ׃ ס
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 →