Job 17:3

Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32; Hebrews 7:22; Job 9:33; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 6:11

Related Commentaries of Job 17:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lay down now - This is evidently an address to God - a repetition of the wish which he had so often expressed, that he might be permitted to brin...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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, s...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lay down now . Appoint it so,. pray. put me, &c. . be thou my bond. Compare Isaiah 38:14 ("undertake"). who is he... ? Figure of speech...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? Lay down now - Deposit a pledge; stake your conduct against...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? Lay down - namely, a pledge or security - i:e., be my s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?' Job begs that God will promise to testify to his...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lay down now... — i.e., Give now a pledge; be surety for me with Thyself. He has declared that he has a witness in the heavens, but he desires so...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9 He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if onl...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ 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 t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me? Ver. 3. Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee ] Thi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lay down now Some earnest or pledge. Put me in a surety with thee Let me have an assurance that God will take the hearing and determining of the...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He turneth his speech either to Eliphaz, who spoke last; or rather to God, as is evident from the matter and scope of the words, and from the next ve...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is de...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Complains of his Weakness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lay down now, Job pleads with God to furnish him a pledge, or security, to bind Himself as surety; put me in a surety with Thee, He Himself being b...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

³ Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Related Commentaries of Job 17:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 17:3