“He who denounces his friends for plunder, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
— WEB
Job 17:5
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
— KJV
“He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
— ASV
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Commentary
The Hebrew for "flattery" is "smoothness"; then it came to mean a prey divided by lot, because a smooth stone was used in casting the lots (Deu 18:8), "a portion" (Gen 14:24). Therefore translate, "He that delivers up his friend as a prey (which the conduct of my friends implies that they would do), even the eyes," &c. [NOYES] (Job 11:20). Job says this as to the sinner's children, retorting upon their reproach as to the cutting off of his (Job 5:4; Job 15:30). This accords with the Old Testament dispensation of legal retribution (Exo 20:5).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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