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?

Cross References

Genesis 43:9

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.

Genesis 44:32

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.’

Job 5:1

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

Job 9:33

There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

Psalm 119:122

Guarantee your servant’s well-being; do not let the godless oppress me.

Proverbs 11:15

To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.

Proverbs 17:18

It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.

Proverbs 20:16

Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

Proverbs 22:26

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

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

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 my security!

Hebrews 7:22

accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantor of a better covenant.