Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Job 17:5 - Revised Standard Version He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. Common English Bible He denounces his friends for gain, and his children’s eyes fail. Catholic Public Domain Version He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He promiseth a prey to his companions: and the eyes of his children shall fail. |
Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
And among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a languishing soul;
For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;