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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Job 17:3 - 17:3
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Lay down now - namely, a pledge or security; that is, be my surety; do Thou attest my innocence, since my friends only mock me (Job 17:2). Both litigating parties had to lay down a sum as security before the trial.
put me in a surety - Provide a surety for me (in the trial) with Thee. A presage of the “surety” (Heb 7:22), or “one Mediator between God and man” (see on Job 16:21).
strike hands - “who else (save God Himself) could strike hands with me?” that is, be my security (Psa 119:122). The Hebrew strikes the hand of him for whom he goes security (Pro 6:1).