Job 17:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?”
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“Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 17:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
- Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- 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.”
- Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).