Job 17

Job 17:3

a surety] Job would be glad of a Surety to be put in; to have some other, and not his friends, to hear him plead and maintain his cause.

Job 17:8

astonied] At this dealing of God with Job.

stir up himself] For me, against the hypocrite; to clear me, and themselves, from such men: and make better use of mine afflictions; as in the verse following.

Job 17:15

my hope] He was sailed past the Cape of good hope, for any worldly prosperity: It shall lie down with him in the dust.