Job 17:3

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	שִֽׂימָה si.mah-	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he
surety	עָרְבֵ֣נִי 'a.re.Ve.ni	H6148	to braid · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
strike	יִתָּקֵֽעַ yi.ta.Ke.a'	H8628	to clatter · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hands	לְיָדִ֥י le.ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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 fo…
Hebrews 7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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 bla…
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…
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.
Proverbs 22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 17:1-9

Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads: - I. The deplorable condition which poor Job was now in, which he describes, to aggravate the great unkindness of his friends to him and to justify his own complaints. Let us see what his case was. 1. He was a dying man, Job 17:1. He had said (Job 16:22), "When a few years have come, I shall go that long journey." But here he corrects himself. "Why do I talk of years to come? Alas! I am just setting out on that journey, am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. My breath is a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 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" (Heb 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 (Psa 119:122). The Hebrew strikes the hand of him for whom he goes security (Pro 6:1).

John Gill on Job 17:3

Lay down now,.... A pledge that thou wilt provide a surety, appoint and admit one to plead for me, and that thou wilt hear my cause, and determine it; or "put now", or "put, I pray thee" (r), thy heart and mind to me and my case, to my petition and request, and grant it: put me in a surety with thee; appoint, provide, and place a surety for me with thee, and let him appear to do his work and office: such an one Jesus Christ is; he is of God the Father's appointing to be the Mediator between God and men, and who himself voluntarily engaged and agreed to be the surety of the better testament; and this was known to the Old Testament saints, and to Job; and his prayer was the prayer of faith: a…

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The Church Fathers

"What is it? The one who must rescue me; he wants to speak of our Lord, and he says, "What is it? Because he will be so confused with other men that he can scarcely be recognized. "May it be attached to my hand," by the bond of charity; let him protect me and lead me where he pleases.
— Augustine of Hippo, ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

Ver. 3. Set me free, and put me beside thee, and let the hand of anyone fight against me. For He did not sin either in thought or deed: He was made to 'abide in bitterness' by His Passion, He was 'set free' by the Resurrection, He was 'put beside' the Father by His Ascension; in that having gone up into heaven He sitteth on the right hand of God. And because, after the glory of His Ascension, Judaea was stirred up in the persecuting of His Disciples, it is rightly said here, Let the hand of anyone fight against me. For the madness of the persecutors did then rage on His members, then the flame of cruelty blazed out against the life of the faithful; but where should the wicked go, or what should they do, whilst He Whom they persecuted on earth was now seated in heaven?
— Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIII

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Dictionary and topics

Hand · Of friendship — Of friendship
Hands, The · Suretiship entered into by striking — Suretiship entered into by striking

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 17:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 17:3

John Gill on Job 17:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 17:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 17:3

John Gill on Job 17:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 17:3-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 17:3-5

Rashi on Job 17:3