Job 17:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Make me, I pray thee, a hostage with thee; then I will surrender myself.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Who is this? let him join hands with me.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me? |
Lay down
7760 {7760} Primeשׂוּםsuwm{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
now,
x4994 (4994) Complementנָאna'{naw}
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered I pray, now or then; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjugation.
put me in a surety
6148 {6148} Primeעָרַב`arab{aw-rab'}
A primitive root; to braid, that is, intermix; technically to traffic (as if by barter); also to give or be security (as a kind of exchange).
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
with
x5973 (5973) Complementעִם`im{eem}
From H6004; adverb or preposition, with (that is, in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English).
thee; who
x4310 (4310) Complementמִיmiy{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
[ is] he
x1931 (1931) Complementהוּאhuw'{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he ( she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
[ that] will strike
8628 {8628} Primeתָּקַעtaqa`{taw-kah'}
A primitive root; to clatter, that is, slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy to drive (a nail or tent pin, a dart, etc.); by implication to become bondsman (by handclasping).
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
hands
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
with me? |
Job 17:3
_ _ Lay down now — namely, a pledge or security; that is, be my surety; do Thou attest my innocence, since my friends only mock me (Job 17:2). Both litigating parties had to lay down a sum as security before the trial.
_ _ put me in a surety — Provide a surety for me (in the trial) with Thee. A presage of the “surety” (Hebrews 7:22), or “one Mediator between God and man” (see on Job 16:21).
_ _ strike hands — “who else (save God Himself) could strike hands with me?” that is, be my security (Psalms 119:122). The Hebrew strikes the hand of him for whom he goes security (Proverbs 6:1). |
Job 17:3
Surety — These words contain, an humble desire to God that he would be his surety, or appoint him a surety who should maintain his righteous cause against his opposers. Strike hands — Be surety to me; whereof that was the usual gesture. |
Job 17:3
(c) Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] (d) will strike hands with me?
(c) He reasons with God as a man beside himself, so that his cause might be brought to light.
(d) And answers for you? |
- put me:
Job 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
Genesis 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:
Genesis 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.
Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Hebrews 7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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- strike:
Proverbs 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
*marg.
Proverbs 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 22:26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
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