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Job 17:3–4

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3Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.m

Who else will be my sponsor?F

4You have closed their minds to understanding,

therefore you will not honor them.

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Footnotes

  1. FOr Who is there that will shake hands with me?

Cross references

  1. mGn 43:9; Ps 119:122; Pr 6:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Lay down a pledge for me with you;

who is there who will put up security for me?

Since you have closed their hearts to understanding,

therefore you will not let them triumph.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.

Who else will put up security for me?

You have closed their minds to understanding;

therefore you will not let them triumph.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must defend my innocence, O God,

since no one else will stand up for me.

You have closed their minds to understanding,

but do not let them triumph.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Please lay down a pledge for me with yourself;

who is he who will give security for my hand?

Indeed, you have closed their mind from understanding;

therefore, you will not let them triumph.

KJV 1900King James Version

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;

Who is he that will strike hands with me?

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:

Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.