Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
KJV
Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.
Vulgate
ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι· τίς ἐστιν οὗτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.
LXX
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
ASV
שִֽׂימָ/ה נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣/נִי עִמָּ֑/ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְ/יָדִ֥/י יִתָּקֵֽעַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עָ֣רַב
'rb
verb · 23×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 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:
- Gen 44:32 — For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
- Heb 7:22 — By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
- Prov 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Prov 11:15 — He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Ps 119:122 — Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
- Ps 119:122 — Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.