Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 17:5
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Berean Standard Bible
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
World English Bible
He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
American Standard Version
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 17
3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
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