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?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.

Context of Job 17:3

1"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. 2Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation. "Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me? 4Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph. 5He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 17:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lay downשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• now, put me in a suretyעָרַב‛ârab · to pledgeH6148
• will strikeתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• handsיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027

Cross-references for Job 17:3

• Job 9:33There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both.
• Genesis 43:9I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
• Genesis 44:32For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'
• Proverbs 11:15Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
• Proverbs 20:16Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
• Hebrews 7:22This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
• Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
• Proverbs 17:18One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
• Proverbs 22:26Be not one of those who give pledges, who put 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

Topics related to Job 17:3

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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