Job 17:3

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

1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine. 2Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation? Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me? 4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them]. 5He that betrayeth friends for a prey — even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 17:3 word by word

שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃Read the interlinear

• suretyעָרַב‛ârab · to pledgeH6148
• handsיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027

Cross-references for Job 17:3

• Job 9:33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
• Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
• Genesis 44:32For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.
• Proverbs 11:15It goeth ill with him that is surety for another; but he that hateth suretyship is secure.
• Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
• Hebrews 7:22by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.
• Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
• Proverbs 17:18A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.
• Proverbs 22:26Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties 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

Topics related to Job 17:3

• Hand

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Lay; Laying
• Strike
• Surety

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