Job 17:3
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
In Context
2Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.
4For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him, of my hand shall thou require him. If I do not bring him to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame forever.
Job 5:1Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?
Psalms 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good. Let not the proud oppress me.
Proverbs 11:15He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.
Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →