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Hiob 17:5

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5 Wenn einer die Freunde zur Beute ausbietet, so werden die Augen seiner Kinder verschmachten.

Hiob 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 ) .

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Hiob 17:5 In-Context

3 Setze doch ein, leiste Bürgschaft für mich bei dir selbst! Wer ist es sonst, der in meine Hand einschlagen wird?
4 Denn ihre Herzen hast du der Einsicht verschlossen; darum wirst du ihnen nicht die Oberhand geben.
5 Wenn einer die Freunde zur Beute ausbietet, so werden die Augen seiner Kinder verschmachten.
6 Und er hat mich hingestellt zum Sprichwort der Völker, und ich bin zum Anspeien ins Angesicht.
7 Und mein Auge ist trübe geworden vor Gram, und wie der Schatten sind alle meine Glieder.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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