Job 17:5

5 Quien por una recompensa denuncia a sus amigosverá a sus hijos desfallecer.

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 »Dame, oh Dios, la fianza que demandas.¿Quién más podría responder por mí?

4 Tú has ofuscado su pensamiento,por eso no dejarás que triunfen.

5 Quien por una recompensa denuncia a sus amigosverá a sus hijos desfallecer.

6 »Dios me ha puesto en boca de todos;no falta quien me escupa en la cara.

7 Los ojos se me apagan a causa del dolor;todo mi esqueleto no es más que una sombra.