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Job 17:3
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Job 17:3
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
3Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 17:3
Place or set down; also rested or remained in a recumbent position, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A pledge, guarantee, or person who answers for another's debt or obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To clasp hands in pledge or surety.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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Open the full verse study14Like 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.
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study9I 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:
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Open the full verse study32For 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.
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Open the full verse study122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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Open the full verse study33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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Open the full verse study26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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