Berean Standard Bible
Job 17:3
3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Job 17:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- New International Version (NIV)“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?
Context of Job 17:3
1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me. 2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. 5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Read all of Job 17Job 17:3 word by word
שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 17:3
- Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Genesis 43:9I 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 44:32Indeed, 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.’
- Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Commentaries on Job 17:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lay down now - Deposit a pledge; stake your conduct against mine, and your life and soul on the issue; let the cause come before God, let him try it; and see whether any of you shall be justified by him, while I am condemned.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Lay down now - This is evidently an address to God - a repetition of the wish which he had so often expressed, that he might be permitted to bring his cause directly before him; see Job 13:3. The whole passage here is obscure, because we are in a great measure ignorant of the ancient practices in courts of law, and of the ancient forms of trial. The general sense seems to be, that Job desires the Deity to enter into a judicial investigation, and to give…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand (literally please keep my pledge with yourself): A pledge (Hebrew ‘erabon) can be a deposit that guarantees payment (Genesis 38:17–20; Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:10–14; see Proverbs 20:16; 27:13). So, this might suggest God forgiving sin (making atonement). It might also refer to Job’s wish for an advocate to support his cause (see study note on Job 16:19–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Lay down now--namely, a pledge or security; that is, be my surety; do Thou attest my innocence, since my friends only mock me (Job 17:2). Both litigating parties had to lay down a sum as security before the trial. put me in a surety--Provide a surety for me (in the trial) with Thee. A presage of the "surety" (He 7:22), or "one Mediator between God and man" (see on Job 16:21). strike hands--"who else (save God Himself) could strike hands with me?" that…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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