Tree of Life Version
Job 6:23
23or ‘Save me from the enemy’s hand’ or ‘Redeem me from a ruthless hand’?
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“Indeed, now you have become nothing; you see a terror and are afraid. 22Have I ever said, ‘Give to me’ or ‘Pay a bribe for me from your wealth’ or ‘Save me from the enemy’s hand’ or ‘Redeem me from a ruthless hand’? 24“Teach me, and I will be silent; explain to me how I have been wrong. 25Honest words are painful, but what does your arguing prove?
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 5:20In famine, He will redeem you from death, and in war, from the power of the sword.
- Leviticus 25:48after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,
- Nehemiah 5:8I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the nations. Now you also are selling your brothers so that they will be sold back to us?” Then they became silent and could not find anything to say.
- Psalms 49:7Or those trusting in their wealth, boasting about their great riches?
- Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of Adonai say so— whom He redeemed from the hand of the foe,
- Jeremiah 15:21“So I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of 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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