King James Version (KJV)
Job 17:5
“He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
Verse in context — Job 17
3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
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