Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a guarantor with you; who is he that will shake hands with me?
Updated King James 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
2Are there not mockers with me? and does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
4For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be guarantor for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I bring him not unto you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Job 5:1Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
Psalms 119:122Be guarantor for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Proverbs 11:15He that is guarantor for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates standing for surety is sure.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for 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 →