Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Be surety for thy servant for good. Let not the proud oppress me.

New American Standard Bible

Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

King James Version

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Holman Bible

Guarantee Your servant’s well-being;
do not let the arrogant oppress me.

International Standard Version

Back up your servant in a positive way; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

American Standard Version

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Amplified


Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Bible in Basic English

Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.

Darby Translation

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

Julia Smith Translation

Be surety for thy servant for good: the proud shall not oppress me.

King James 2000

Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Pledge good for your servant; do not let [the] arrogant oppress me.

Modern King James verseion

Be surety for Your servant for good; let not the proud press me down.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Be thou surety for thy servant to do him good, that the proud do me no wrong.

NET Bible

Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me!

New Heart English Bible

Ensure your servant's well-being. Do not let the proud oppress me.

The Emphasized Bible

Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.

Webster

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

World English Bible

Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

Youngs Literal Translation

Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

Verse Info

Cross References

Job 17:3

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

Hebrews 7:22

By so much, Jesus has become the surety of a better covenant.

Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him, of my hand shall thou require him. If I do not bring him to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame forever.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners drive me away.

Psalm 119:21

Thou have rebuked the proud, who are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.

Proverbs 22:26-27

Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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