Job 17:5

5 Al que denuncie a sus amigos por una parte del botín, a sus hijos se les debilitarán los ojos.

Job 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 ) .

Job 17:5 In-Context

3 Coloca, pues, contigo una fianza para mí; ¿quién hay que sea mi fiador?

4 Porque has escondido su corazón del entendimiento, por tanto no los exaltarás.

5 Al que denuncie a sus amigos por una parte del botín, a sus hijos se les debilitarán los ojos.

6 Porque El me ha hecho proverbio del pueblo, y soy uno a quien los hombres escupen.

7 Mis ojos se oscurecen también por el sufrimiento, y mis miembros todos son como una sombra.