Jó 17:5

5 Se alguém denunciar os seus amigos por recompensa,os olhos dos filhos dele fraquejarão,

Jó 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 ) .

Jó 17:5 In-Context

3 “Dá-me, ó Deus, a garantia que exiges.Quem, senão tu, me dará segurança?

4 Fechaste as mentes deles para o entendimentoe com isso não os deixarás triunfar.

5 Se alguém denunciar os seus amigos por recompensa,os olhos dos filhos dele fraquejarão,

6 “mas de mim Deus fez um provérbio para todos,um homem em cujo rosto os outros cospem.

7 Meus olhos se turvaram de tristeza;o meu corpo não passa de uma sombra.