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;
Job 17:3 - Revised Standard Version “Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me? 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 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;
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.’
“Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
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!