Job 17:5
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Prædam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφ᾽ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה
Haydock's commentary
He. My friend. (Calmet)
Hebrew, "speaketh flattery," (Haydock) or promiseth to caress me, while he neglects his own children. But the sense of the Vulgate and Chaldean seem preferable. My friends speak as if they could do any thing, and as if no trial would stagger their resolution. But they durst not be in my situation for a short time. (Calmet)
Like hunters, who have promised their children some prey, my friends will not, however, gain the victory over me. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.