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Job 17:5

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.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as 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.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 12:2–3

    They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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  • Proverbs 20:19

    He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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  • Proverbs 29:5

    A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou 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 unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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  • 1 Kings 11:12

    Notwithstanding 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.

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  • Job 11:20

    But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:65

    And 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:

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  • Job 32:21–22

    Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

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