Job 17:5

1 Kings 11:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Deuteronomy 28:65; Exodus 20:5; Job 32:21; Job 32:22; Lamentations 4:17; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:5; Psalms 12:2; Psalms 12:3

Related Commentaries of Job 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that speaketh flattery to his friends - Noyes renders this, “He that delivers up his friend as a prey, the eyes of his children shall fail.” S...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (f) He who flatters a man, and only judges him happy in hi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He that, &c. Supply Ellipsis, as in translation below; and treat Job 17:5 as. quotation. children . sons. fail . look in vain.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. He that speaketh flattery - There is a great variety of meaning...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that speaketh flattery to his friends— The Hebrew of this verse literally runs thus: תכלננ בניו ועיני רעים יגיד לחלק lechelek yaggiid reiim vee...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'He that denounceth his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his children shall fail.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that speaketh flattery to his friends. — The three words thus rendered are, from their very brevity, most obscure. Literally, they run: for a p...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9 He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if onl...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. (5) He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends ,.... As Job's friends did to him when they promised great outward prosperity, and a restoration to his f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. Ver. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his friends ] As you, m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that speaketh flattery to his friends “The Hebrew of this verse,” says Peters, “literally, runs thus: He shall reckon friends for a portion , o...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hereby Job chargeth them, either, 1. With flattering him with vain hopes, and promises of the return of his former prosperity, when he knew that hi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is de...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Complains of his Weakness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail, literally, "he who offers his friends for a prey," exposing them...

⁵ He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Related Commentaries of Job 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 17:5