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Job 17:5

3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
KJV
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
WEB
He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
ASV
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
DARBY
He that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.
BLB
He reports [his] friends for a portion, and the eyes of his sons are consumed.
ÅB
Den som forråder venner, så de blir til bytte[^3], hans barns øyne skal tæres bort.
OTB
Den som informerer mot venner for en del av byttet,
Hans barns øyne vil gå til grunne.
B1930
Den som forråder venner, så de blir til bytte, hans barns øine skal tæres bort. / < for sine forfølgere.>

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