Job 17:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ “Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; Who is he that will strike hands with me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

Common English Bible

³ Take my guarantee. Who else is willing to make an agreement?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee: and let any man's hand fight against me.

Job 17:3 Cross References

Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him; of my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever;

Genesis 44:32

For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’

Job 5:1

“Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 9:33

There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.

Psalm 119:122

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the godless oppress me.

Proverbs 11:15

He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

Proverbs 17:18

A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.

Proverbs 20:16

Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

Proverbs 22:26

Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.

Isaiah 38:14

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 thou my security!

Hebrews 7:22

This makes Jesus the surety of a better covenant.