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

1“My spirit is broken, my days have cut short, the graveyard awaits me. 2Surely mockers are with me, my eyes must gaze on their hostility. “Make then a pledge for me with You. Who else would strike hands with me? 4Because You have closed their heart to understanding, therefore You will not exalt them. 5If anyone denounces his friends for profit 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 arbitrator between us, who could lay his hand on us both;
• Genesis 43:9I myself will be his pledge. You can demand him back from my own hand. If I don’t bring him back to you and place him before you, then you can blame me all my days.
• Genesis 44:32For your servant became pledge for the boy with my father saying, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before my father all my days.’
• Proverbs 11:15Whoever puts up security for a stranger will have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands on such a deal is secure.
• Proverbs 20:16Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.
• Hebrews 7:22How much more then has Yeshua become the guarantee of a better covenant.
• Proverbs 6:11and your poverty comes like a bandit and your need like an armed man.
• Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment shakes hands on a deal and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who shakes hands or 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

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