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Job 17:3

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

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שִֽׂימָהsimahputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “put”, a commandH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…נָּ֭אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, interjection — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.עָרְבֵ֣נִיarevenigive pledgesעָרַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “give pledges”, a commandH6148to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.עִמָּ֑ךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.ה֝֗וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.לְיָדִ֥יleyadito handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […יִתָּקֵֽעַyitaqeablowתָּקַעverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “blow”, an unfinished actionH8628to 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)blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

Young’s Literal Translation

Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

World English Bible

“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

Darby Translation

Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

Douay-Rheims

Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who is this? let him join hands with me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.