Job 17:3
Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
Catholic Public Domain 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
2I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.
4You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I accept the boy; require him at my hand. Unless I lead him back and restore him to you, I will be guilty of a sin against you for all time.
Job 5:1Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.
Proverbs 11:15He will be afflicted with evil, who provides a guarantee for an outsider. But whoever is wary of traps shall be secure.
Proverbs 20:16Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.
Isaiah 38:14I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
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 →