Jó 17:5

5 Quem entrega os seus amigos como presa, os olhos de seus filhos desfalecerão.

Jó 17:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 17:5

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 former state, and to a greater affluence upon his repentance and reformation; or when they spoke deceitfully for God, pretending great regard to the honour of his justice and holiness, and therefore insisted on it that he must be a wicked man and an hypocrite, that was afflicted by him, as Job was:

even the eyes of his children shall fail;
so hateful are some sins to God, and particularly deceitful tongues, and flattering lips, that he will punish them in their posterity; the eyes of their children shall fail for want of sustenance, and while they are looking in vain for salvation and deliverance out of trouble, see ( Exodus 20:4 ) .

Jó 17:5 In-Context

3 Dá-me, peço-te, um penhor, e sê o meu fiador para contigo; quem mais há que me dê a mão?

4 Porque aos seus corações encobriste o entendimento, pelo que não os exaltarás.

5 Quem entrega os seus amigos como presa, os olhos de seus filhos desfalecerão.

6 Mas a mim me pôs por motejo dos povos; tornei-me como aquele em cujo rosto se cospe.

7 De mágoa se escureceram os meus olhos, e todos os meus membros são como a sombra.