Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XVII. In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man ( ver. 1 ), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him,…