Job 17:5

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

3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them . He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and as one before whom men spit. 7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job 17:5 word by word

לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

• speakethנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• flatteryחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• friendsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• failכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615

Cross-references for Job 17:5

• Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles to man.
• Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
• Proverbs 20:19He that goeth aboutas a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
• Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
• 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;
• Deuteronomy 28:65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
• 1 Kings 11:12However 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.
• 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 .

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