Job 17:3 · KJV
“Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?”
— Job 17:3
{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
Job 17 — Context
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}
2{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
5He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Cross References
Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane {or} a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail {with looking} upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. {undertake...: or, ease me}
Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart {for it}: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. {smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}
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.
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:
Psalms 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, {that} might lay his hand upon us both. {any...: Heb. one that should argue} {daysman: or, umpire}
Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.