Job 6:23
Have I asked you to rescue me from an enemy? Have I told you to save me from my oppressors?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
In Context
22Have I asked you for anything? Have I told you to bribe anyone for me from your wealth?
24Explain this to me, and I'll be quiet. Show me where I'm wrong.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:8There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers as slaves! Are you expecting to sell them back to us?” They kept quiet because they couldn't think of anything to say.
Psalms 49:7but no one can pay to rescue another from death; no one can pay a ransom to God.
Psalms 49:15But surely God will rescue me from the power of the grave; he will grab me back. Selah.
Jeremiah 15:21I will liberate you from the power of the wicked, and free you from the clutches of the cruel.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:23-30
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look… Read the whole commentary →