Job 6:23
Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
Revised Version 1895
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, which were sold unto the heathen; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
Psalms 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: 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 →