Job 17:3
1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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?
- DARBY
- Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
- BLB
- Place, please, my pledge with You; who [is] he who will strike himself to my hand?
- ÅB
- Så sett nå et pant, gå i borgen for meg hos deg selv! Hvem skulle ellers gi meg håndslag[^2]?
- OTB
- Vær så snill å legge ned et pant for meg hos Deg selv;
Hvem er det som vil være min garantist? - B1930
- Så sett nu et pant, gå i borgen for mig hos dig selv! Hvem skulde ellers gi mig håndslag? / < d.e. gå i borgen for mig, OSP 6, 1; 11, 15.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 7:22
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Read in contextProverbs 11:15
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:14
I 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.”
Read in contextGenesis 44:32
Indeed, 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.’
Read in contextPsalms 119:122
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Read in contextGenesis 43:9
I 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.
Read in contextProverbs 22:26
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Read in contextJob 9:33
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
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