God’s Word Translation
Job 6:23
23or ‘Rescue me from an enemy,’ or ‘Ransom me from a tyrant’?
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’?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
Context of Job 6:23
21“So you are as unreliable to me ⌞as they are⌟. You see something terrifying, and you are afraid. 22Did I ever say, ‘Give me a gift,’ or ‘Offer me a bribe from your wealth,’ or ‘Rescue me from an enemy,’ or ‘Ransom me from a tyrant’? 24Teach me, and I’ll be silent. Show me where I’ve been wrong. 25How painful an honest discussion can be! In correcting me, you correct yourselves!
Read all of Job 6Job 6:23 word by word
וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד־צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:23
- Job 5:20“In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword.
- Leviticus 25:48After he has sold himself, he has the right to be bought back. One of his brothers may buy him back.
- Nehemiah 5:8Then I told them, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish relatives who had been sold to other nations. Now you are selling your Jewish relatives so that we have to buy them back again!” They were unable to say anything.
- Psalms 49:7No one can ever buy back another person or pay God a ransom for his life.
- Psalms 107:2Let the people the Lord defended repeat these words. They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
- Jeremiah 15:21I will rescue you from the power of wicked people and free you from the power of tyrants.
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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