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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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 17:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.’
  3. Job 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
  4. Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
  5. Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
  6. Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
  7. Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
  8. Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
  9. Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  10. Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
  11. 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.”
  12. 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).

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