Job 17:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th...
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
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