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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 5

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For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
King James Version
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
American Standard Version
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
New English Translation
If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
World English Bible
He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
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Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
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My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
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They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
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If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
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And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?