Job 17:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
English ASV
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
English Amplified
Give me a pledge with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; who is there that will give security for me?
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Give me a pledge with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; who is there that will give security for me?
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Accept my pledge! Put up security for me. Who else will be my sponsor?
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
English EASY 2024
God, please help me to become free again. Nobody else will pay the price to do that for me.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"God, give me some support. No one else will!
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will put up security for me?
English GNT (Good News Translation)
I am being honest, God. Accept my word. There is no one else to support what I say.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Please guarantee my bail yourself. Who else will guarantee it with a handshake?
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Make arrangements! Put up security for me. Who [else] will be my sponsor?
English KJV 1611
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
English LSB
“Establish, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will clap my hand in pledge?
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Grant me one to offer you a pledge on my behalf: who is there that will give surety for me?
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
"God, please pay the price to have me set free. Who else would put up money for me?
English NIV
"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
English NKJ 1982
“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?
English NLT
"You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
"Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there that will give surety for me?
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Will no one anywhere confirm my innocence?
English Tyndale 1537
O deliver me and set me by thee: who shall then be able to thrust my hands together?