Job 17:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Job 17:3 Cross References

Hebrews 7:22

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward; O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: But he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Psalm 119:122

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Genesis 44:32

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Job 9:33

There is no daysman betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

Proverbs 22:26

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts:

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers.

Proverbs 17:18

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

Proverbs 6:11

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Job 5:1

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?