English Standard Version
Job 6:23
23Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'?
Job 6:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
- New International Version (NIV)deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies, or to save me from ruthless people?
Context of Job 6:23
21For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. 22Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'? Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'? 24"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. 25How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
Read all of Job 6Job 6:23 word by word
וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד־צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:23
- Job 5:20In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
- Leviticus 25:48then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,
- Nehemiah 5:8and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say.
- Psalms 49:7Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
- Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
- Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless."
Commentaries on Job 6:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Or, Deliver me - Did I send to you to come and avenge me of the destroyers of my property, or to rescue my substance out of the hands of my enemies?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Or, Deliver me out of the enemy‘s hand? - At no time have I called on you to rescue me from a foe. Or, Redeem me? - That is, rescue me from the hand of robbers. The meaning is, that he was in no way beholden to them; he had never called on them for assistance; and there was therefore no claim which they could now have to afflict him further by their reflections. There seems to be something peevish in these remarks; and we need not attempt to justify the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-27Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. the mighty--the oppressor, or creditor, in whose power the debtor was [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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