Job 17:5

5 Traicionan a sus amigos para su propio beneficio,
haz que sus hijos desfallezcan de hambre.

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 »Debes defender mi inocencia, oh Dios,
ya que nadie más se levantará en mi favor.

4 Les cerraste la mente para que no comprendieran,
pero no permitas que triunfen.

5 Traicionan a sus amigos para su propio beneficio,
haz que sus hijos desfallezcan de hambre.

6 »Dios me ha puesto en ridículo ante la gente;
me escupen en la cara.

7 Mis ojos están hinchados de tanto llorar,
y soy solamente una sombra de lo que fui.