Job 17:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.
  • Prov 6:11 : 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
  • Gen 44:32 : 32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
  • Job 9:33 : 33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

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  • Prov 6:1
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    1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Job 17:2
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    2 Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

  • Prov 22:26-27
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    26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • Prov 27:13
    74%

    13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Prov 20:16
    74%

    16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Prov 11:15
    73%

    15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

  • Prov 6:3
    72%

    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Gen 43:9
    72%

    9 Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

  • Job 13:19-22
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    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

    20 Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Isa 27:5
    72%

    5 Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.

  • Job 6:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

    28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

  • Job 14:3
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    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 13:14
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    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • Deut 32:34
    71%

    34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

  • Lam 3:3
    70%

    3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

  • Job 6:22
    70%

    22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?

  • Ps 7:3
    70%

    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • Job 19:5
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    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 24:25
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    25 And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

  • Job 17:4
    69%

    4 You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10 In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

  • Job 11:3
    69%

    3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Job 9:33
    69%

    33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

  • Job 23:7
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    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 40:8
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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 21:5
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    5 Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Job 7:21
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    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Job 36:17-18
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  • 1 Sam 24:12
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    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

  • Job 3:14
    69%

    14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

  • Job 31:27
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    27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

  • Ezek 22:13
    69%

    13 See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

  • Deut 24:11
    69%

    11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

  • Prov 22:21
    69%

    21 To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

  • Job 22:6
    69%

    6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

  • Job 17:6
    69%

    6 He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.

  • Ps 39:10
    69%

    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • Prov 30:7
    69%

    7 I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

  • Job 10:7
    69%

    7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • Jer 17:15
    69%

    15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

  • Job 31:22
    68%

    22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

  • Job 33:8
    68%

    8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: