Job 17:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ He that speaketh flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ He who denounces his friends [in order to make them] a prey and get a share, the eyes of his children shall fail [to find food].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Common English Bible

⁵ He denounces his friends for gain, and his children’s eyes fail.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ He promiseth a prey to his companions: and the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 17:5 Cross References

1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Exodus 20:5

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;

Proverbs 20:19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul:

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;