Job 17:3 “Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?”

Job 17:3

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“put me”

Proverbs 11:15 Hebrews 7:22 Genesis 43:9 Genesis 44:32 Job 9:33 Proverbs 20:16

Proverbs 11:15 · BSB

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

Hebrews 7:22 · BSB

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Genesis 43:9 · BSB

I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

Genesis 44:32 · BSB

Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’

Job 9:33 · BSB

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

Proverbs 20:16 · BSB

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

“strike”

Proverbs 22:26 Proverbs 6:11 Proverbs 17:18

Proverbs 22:26 · BSB

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Proverbs 6:11 · BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 17:18 · BSB

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

Also

Isaiah 38:14 Psalm 119:122

Isaiah 38:14 · BSB

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Psalm 119:122 · BSB

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

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