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Old TestamentJob · Chapter 17

Job 17:3

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:3 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Job 17:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Job 17:3 — KJV

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Job 17:3 (KJV)

Job 17:3 in Context — About the Book of Job

Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.

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Cross-References for Job 17:3

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Shares key themes with Job 17:3: lay, down, put

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

Shares key themes with Job 17:3: down, put, hands

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Shares key themes with Job 17:3: lay, down, now

But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Shares key themes with Job 17:3: down, put, hands

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity

Shares key themes with Job 17:3: lay, put, hands

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey