Job 17:5

5 On invite ses amis au partage du butin, Et l'on a des enfants dont les yeux se consument.

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 Sois auprès de toi-même ma caution; Autrement, qui répondrait pour moi?

4 Car tu as fermé leur coeur à l'intelligence; Aussi ne les laisseras-tu pas triompher.

5 On invite ses amis au partage du butin, Et l'on a des enfants dont les yeux se consument.

6 Il m'a rendu la fable des peuples, Et ma personne est un objet de mépris.

7 Mon oeil est obscurci par la douleur; Tous mes membres sont comme une ombre.