Job 17:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

KJV

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

WEB

“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

ASV

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

LSV

Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?

YLT

Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

DBY

Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

DRC

Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.

GNV

Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?

JPS

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

LXXE

Who is this? let him join hands with me.

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WLC

שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃

LXX-Br

ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.

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• Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
• Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
• Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
• Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
• Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
• Genesis 44:32Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
• Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
• Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
• Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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