Job 17:4 · KJV
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.”
— Job 17:4
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?
He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 17 — Context
{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
5He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. {aforetime: or, before them}
Cross References
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where {is} the wise? where {is} the scribe? where {is} the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
2 Samuel 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite {is} better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. {appointed: Heb. commanded}
Isaiah 19:14
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken {man} staggereth in his vomit. {a perverse...: Heb. a spirit of perversities}
Romans 11:8
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. {slumber: or, remorse}
2 Chronicles 25:16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that {the king} said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. {determined: Heb. counselled}
2 Samuel 15:31
And {one} told David, saying, Ahithophel {is} among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.