Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Webster Bible
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 understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them .
6He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding, in thy days, I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles to man.
Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched 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 →