5 He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Please don't let me respect any man's person, Neither will I give flattering titles to any man. For I don't know how to give flattering titles; Or else my Maker would soon take me away.
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.
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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,