Job 6:23

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?
• 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’?
• 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

21Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. 22Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’? 24“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. 25How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?

Job 6:23 word by word

וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד־צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Or, Deliverמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• me from the enemy’sצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• or, Redeemפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• of the mightyעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184

Cross-references for Job 6:23

• Job 5:20In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
• Leviticus 25:48they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them:
• Nehemiah 5:8and said: “As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.
• Psalms 49:7No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—
• Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
• Jeremiah 15:21“I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.”

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

Topics related to Job 6:23

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Arguing
• Arrow
• Conceal
• Harden
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Papyrus
• adversary, enemy
• ransom, ransomed

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