Verse 5
Job 17:5
King James Version
5
He that speaketh flattery to
his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ֭/חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְ/עֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣י/ו תִּכְלֶֽנָה
English Translation
To a portion, friends will tell, and the eyes of my sons will fail.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves
are ready
for me.
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2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who
is he
that will strike hands with me?
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4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt
them.
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5
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.
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7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members
are
as a shadow.
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8
Upright
men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
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9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronge...
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10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find
one wise
man among you.
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11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off,
even the thoughts of my heart.
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12
They change the night into day: the light
is short because of darkness.
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13
If I wait, the grave
is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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14
I have said to corruption, Thou
art my father: to the worm,
Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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15
And where
is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when
our rest together
is in the dust.
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