Job 17:5
For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
In Context
4For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
1 Kings 11:12'Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;
Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
Proverbs 20:19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
Lamentations 4:17While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
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 →