King James Version
Job 17:5 in the King James Version says “He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
Job 17:5 · KJV
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. my members: or, my thoughts
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He that speaketh”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“even the eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of his children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“shall fail”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
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