Hiob 17:5

5 Es rühmt wohl einer seinen Freunden die Ausbeute; aber seiner Kinder Augen werden 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 ) .

Hiob 17:5 In-Context

3 Sei du selber mein Bürge bei dir; wer will mich sonst vertreten? {~}

4 Denn du hast ihrem Herzen den Verstand verborgen; darum wirst du ihnen den Sieg geben.

5 Es rühmt wohl einer seinen Freunden die Ausbeute; aber seiner Kinder Augen werden verschmachten.

6 Er hat mich zum Sprichwort unter den Leuten gemacht, und ich muß mir ins Angesicht speien lassen.

7 Mein Auge ist dunkel geworden vor Trauern, und alle meine Glieder sind wie ein Schatten.