Job 17:3
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָרַב
ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
תָּקַע
tâqaʻ
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become ...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּקַע tâqaʻ
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Study H8628 →עָרַב ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Study H6148 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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 for me.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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 ever.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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 blame for ever:
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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