Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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

A Conservative Version

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

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

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

Hebrews 7:22

By as much as this, hath, Jesus, become surety of a better covenant also.

Genesis 43:9

I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him, - as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee all the days,

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride reach me, nor, the hand of the lawless, scare me away.

Psalm 119:21

Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

Proverbs 22:26-27

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:

Isaiah 38:14

As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove, - Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me - my Surety!

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