Job 17:5
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He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

He that

Job 32:21,22 I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man. . . .

Psalm 12:2,3 They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. . . .

Proverbs 20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Proverbs 29:5 A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither have we used at any time the speech of flattery, as you know: nor taken an occasion of covetousness (God is witness):

the eyes

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

Deuteronomy 28:65 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness:

1 Kings 11:12 Nevertheless, 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 4:17 Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.

Context
Job Prepares for Death
4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. 5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.…
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning.

Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

Lexicon
If a man denounces
יַגִּ֣יד (yag·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

his friends
רֵעִ֑ים (rê·‘îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

for a price,
לְ֭חֵלֶק (lə·ḥê·leq)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2506: Portion, tract, territory

the eyes
וְעֵינֵ֖י (wə·‘ê·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of his children
בָנָ֣יו (ḇā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

will fail.
תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ (tiḵ·le·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent


Additional Translations
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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

He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

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

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

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

He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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