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He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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A Proverb of Betrayal
Scholars widely agree that this verse is extremely difficult to translate from the original Hebrew, with one calling it a "Gordian knot." However, the most common understanding is that Job is quoting a proverb: "He who betrays his friends for a share of the plunder will see his own children suffer." Job uses this to accuse his friends of turning on him for their own gain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He who speaks flattery to his friends - Noyes renders this, “He that delivers up his friend as a prey, the eyes of his children…
19th Century
Anglican
He that speaketh flattery to his friends. —The three words rendered this way are, due to their extreme brevity, very obsc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends As Job's friends did to him when they promised great outward prosperity, …
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Job reflects on the harsh censures his friends had passed on him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending; it…
13th Century
Catholic
Job had previously shown the great number of his afflictions (Job 16:14), the humiliation of his mind (Job 16:16), his inno…
