God’s Word Translation
Job 17:5
5(Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children’s eyesight fail.)
Job 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- New International Version (NIV)If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.
Context of Job 17:5
3Please guarantee my bail yourself. Who else will guarantee it with a handshake? 4You have closed their minds so that they cannot understand. That is why you will not honor them. (Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children’s eyesight fail.) 6“Now he has made me a laughingstock for many people. Now they spit in my face. 7Now my eyes are blurred from grief. Now all my limbs are like a shadow.
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לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 17:5
- Job 32:21I won’t be partial toward anyone or flatter anyone.
- Psalms 12:2All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
- Proverbs 20:19Whoever goes around as a gossip tells secrets. Do not associate with a person whose mouth is always open.
- Proverbs 29:5A person who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for him to step into.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5As you know, we never used flattery or schemes to make money. God is our witness!
- Exodus 20:5Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no peace, no place to call your own. There the Lord will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.
- 1 Kings 11:12But I will not do it in your lifetime because of your father David. I will tear it away from the hands of your son.
- Lamentations 4:17“We are still straining our eyes, trying in vain to find help. We waited and waited for a nation that didn’t save us.
Commentaries on Job 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He that speaketh flattery - There is a great variety of meaning given to the terms in this verse. The general sense is, The man who expects much from his friends will be disappointed: while depending on them his children's eyes may fail in looking for bread.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He that speaketh flattery to his friends - Noyes renders this, “He that delivers up his friend as a prey, the eyes of his children shall fail.” So Wemyss, “He who delivers up his friends to plunder.” Dr. Good, “He that rebuketh his friends with mildness, even the eyes of his children shall be accomplished.” The Septuagint, “He announces evil for his portion; his eyes fail over his sons.” The Vulgate, “He promises spoil to his companions, and the eyes of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand (literally please keep my pledge with yourself): A pledge (Hebrew ‘erabon) can be a deposit that guarantees payment (Genesis 38:17–20; Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:10–14; see Proverbs 20:16; 27:13). So, this might suggest God forgiving sin (making atonement). It might also refer to Job’s wish for an advocate to support his cause (see study note on Job 16:19–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The Hebrew for "flattery" is "smoothness"; then it came to mean a prey divided by lot, because a smooth stone was used in casting the lots (De 18:8), "a portion" (Ge 14:24). Therefore translate, "He that delivers up his friend as a prey (which the conduct of my friends implies that they would do), even the eyes," &c. [Noyes] (Job 11:20). Job says this as to the sinner's children, retorting upon their reproach as to the cutting off of his (Job 5:4…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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