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Job 17:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible

5 [a]For the eyes of his children shall fail, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

6 He hath also made me a [b]byword of the people, and I am as a tabret [c]before them.

7 Mine eye therefore is dim for grief, and all my strength is like a shadow.

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  1. Job 17:5 He that flattereth a man, and only judgeth him happy in his prosperity, shall not himself only but in his posterity be punished.
  2. Job 17:6 God hath made all the world to speak of me, because of mine afflictions.
  3. Job 17:6 That is, as a continual sound in their ears.
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