Job 17:3
King James Version (KJV)
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
In context
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 17:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- WEB World English Bible
- “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?