Job 17:3

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

Bible in Basic English

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

2Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

4You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:9\43:10\Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

Job 5:1Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

Psalms 119:122Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.

Proverbs 11:15He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

Proverbs 20:16Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Isaiah 38:14I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

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 →

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