I will make sure he is safe. I will be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me forever.
Job 17:3 - Easy To Read Version “God, show me that you really support me.\par No other person will support me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 will make sure he is safe. I will be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me forever.
“I took responsibility for the young boy. I told my father, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me all my life.’
“Job, call out if you want,\par but no one will answer you!\par You can’t turn to any of the angels!\par
I wish there were someone\par to listen to both sides. {\cf2\super [22]} \par I wish there were someone\par to judge both of us in a fair way.\par
Promise to be good to me.\par I am your servant.\par Lord, don’t let those proud people hurt me.\par
If you promise to pay another person’s debt, then you will be sorry. You will be safe if you refuse to make those deals.
Only a fool will promise to be responsible for another person’s debts.
You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.
But he sleeps and sleeps. And he becomes poorer and poorer. Soon he will have nothing! It will be like a robber has come and stolen everything.
I cried like a dove.\par I cried like a bird.\par My eyes became tired,\par but I continued looking to the heavens.\par My Master, I am so depressed.\par Promise to help me.”\par
So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement {\cf2\super [72]} \{from God to his people\}.