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Job 17:3
Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
Job 17:3 · Bible in Basic English
Job 17:3 in other translations
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
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In context
1 My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
2 Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
4 You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
5 As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
6 He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
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