Job 17:3
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
LXX2012 (US 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
2Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
4For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9And I engage for him; at my hand do you require him; if I bring him not to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty toward you for ever.
Job 5:1But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
Proverbs 11:15A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
Isaiah 38:14-15 As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for my eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me, and removed the sorrow of my soul.
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 →