Job 17:5 “If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children w…”

Job 17:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

American Standard Version

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

Darby Translation

He that betrayeth friends for a prey — even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Young's Literal Translation

For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

Bible in Basic English

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

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Cross references

“He that”

Proverbs 20:19 Proverbs 29:5 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Job 32:21 Job 32:22 Psalm 12:2

Proverbs 20:19 · BSB

He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

Proverbs 29:5 · BSB

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

1 Thessalonians 2:5 · BSB

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

Job 32:21 · BSB

I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

Job 32:22 · BSB

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Psalm 12:2 · BSB

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

“the eyes”

Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 28:65 1 Kings 11:12 Lamentations 4:17

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Deuteronomy 28:65 · BSB

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

1 Kings 11:12 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

Lamentations 4:17 · BSB

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Also

Job 11:20

Job 11:20 · BSB

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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