Job 6:23
or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
In Context
22Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:8And I said unto them: 'We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that sold themselves unto the heathen; and would ye nevertheless sell your brethren, and should they sell themselves unto us?' Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
Psalms 49:7(49-8) No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him —
Psalms 49:15(49-16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
Jeremiah 15:21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
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 →