Giobbe 17:5

5 Chi denunzia un amico sì che diventi preda altrui, vedrà venir meno gli occhi de’ suoi figli.

Giobbe 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 ) .

Giobbe 17:5 In-Context

3 O Dio, da’ un pegno, sii tu il mio mallevadore presso di te; se no, chi metterà la sua nella mia mano?

4 Poiché tu hai chiuso il cuor di costoro alla ragione, e però non li farai trionfare.

5 Chi denunzia un amico sì che diventi preda altrui, vedrà venir meno gli occhi de’ suoi figli.

6 Egli m’ha reso la favola dei popoli, e son divenuto un essere a cui si sputa in faccia.

7 L’occhio mio si oscura pel dolore, tutte le mie membra non son più che un’ombra.