Job 17:5
“Hee that speaketh flattery to his friends, euen the eyes of his children shall faile.”
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Job 17:5 Context
3Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5Hee that speaketh flattery to his friends, euen the eyes of his children shall faile. 6He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and afore time I was as a tabret. 7Mine eye also is dimme by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
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He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- King James Version
"He who informs against friends for a share {of the spoil,} The eyes of his children also will languish.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- American Standard Version (1901)
As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
- Basic English Bible
He that betrayeth friends for a prey -- even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Darby Bible
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Webster's Bible
He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- World English Bible
For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible