Job 17:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Please guarantee my bail yourself. Who else will guarantee it with a handshake?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that 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?

BBE:

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

DBY:

Lay down now a pledge, be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

ERV:

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?

JPS:

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

WBS:

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

WEB:

"Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

YLT:

Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

Job 17:3 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 119:122 Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Isaiah 38:14 "Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:3 {c} Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] {d} will strike hands with me?
(c) He reasons with God as a man beside himself, so that his cause might be brought to light.
(d) And answers for you?

WES:

17:3 Surety - These words contain, an humble desire to God that he would be his surety, or appoint him a surety who should maintain his righteous cause against his opposers. Strike hands - Be surety to me; whereof that was the usual gesture.

MHC:

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 hard usage this faithful servant of God met with, they should be made bold to proceed and persevere therein. Those who keep their eye upon heaven as their end, will keep their feet in the paths of religion as their way, whatever difficulties and discouragements they may meet with.

CONC:

Collateral Demand Guarantor Hands Lay Pleased Pledge Responsible Security Strike Striketh Surety Thyself

Collateral Demand Guarantor Hand Hands Lay Pleased Pledge Responsible Security Strike Striketh Surety Thyself

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