Job 17:3
God, you need to put down a pledge for me with yourself, for who else will be my guarantor?
Free Bible 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
2Mockers surround me. I see how bitterly they ridicule me.
4You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I promise to take care of him—I'll be personally responsible for bringing him back to you. If I don't, then I will always carry the blame!
Job 5:1“Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
Psalms 119:122Please promise you'll take care of me, your servant. Don't let these arrogant people mistreat me.
Proverbs 11:15You'll get into trouble if you guarantee a stranger's loans—you're far safer if you refuse to make such pledges.
Proverbs 20:16If someone guarantees a stranger's debt with their cloak, be sure to take it! Make sure you have whatever is pledged to foreigners!
Isaiah 38:14I scream like a swift or a songbird, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow dim as I look heavenwards. I'm being attacked, Lord, please come and support me!
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 →