I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
Job 17:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will give surety for me? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; Who is he that will strike hands with me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give me a pledge with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; who is there that will give security for me? American Standard Version (1901) Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? Common English Bible Take my guarantee. Who else is willing to make an agreement? Catholic Public Domain Version Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee: and let any man's hand fight against me. |
I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’
“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.
Like a swallow or a crane I clamor; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!