Job 17:4-5
King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)
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For thou hast hid H6845 their heart H3820 from understanding: H7922 therefore shalt thou not exalt H7311 them.
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He that speaketh H5046 flattery H2506 to his friends, H7453 even the eyes H5869 of his children H1121 shall fail. H3615
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Commentary on Job 17 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 17
In this chapter,
His friends becoming strange to him, which greatly grieved him, he makes death and the grave familiar to him, which yielded him some comfort.
Job 17:1-9
Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:-
Job 17:10-16
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows,