Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Job 17:3 in other translations
| BSB | Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? |
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| WEB | “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me? |
| ASV | Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? |
| YLT | Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me? |
| DARBY | Lay down now a pledge, be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me? |
| BBE | Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine. |
| Webster | Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? |
What does Job 17:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 17:1-9
Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job's afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends. Instead of being discouraged in the service of God, by the…
Job 17:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 17:3
- Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Genesis 44:32
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
- Psalms 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
- Genesis 43:9
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
- Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
- Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
- Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
- Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
- Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Context
- Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
- Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job 17:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pon ahora, dame fianza para litigar contigo: ¿quién tocará ahora mi mano? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dépose, je te prie, un gage; cautionne-moi auprès de toi-même: qui donc frappera dans ma main? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Setze doch ein, leiste Bürgschaft für mich bei dir selbst! wer ist es sonst, der in meine Hand einschlagen wird? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me. |