Job 17:3
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Majority Standard Bible
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 mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Job 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
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 →