“Make a pledge (A)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [a]be my guarantor?
For You have [b](B)kept their hearts away from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
He who (C)informs against friends for a share of the spoils,
The (D)eyes of his children also will perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me
  2. Job 17:4 Lit hidden

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(D)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(E)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(F)

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