Job 6:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ Or, ‘Save me from an opponent’s hand’? Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

Common English Bible

²³ Rescue me from the hand of my enemy? Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ or, "Free me from the hand of the enemy and rescue me from the hand of the strong?"

Job 6:23 Cross References

Jeremiah 15:21

I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.

Psalm 107:2

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble

Psalm 49:15

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death and in war from the power of the sword.

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations, but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.

Leviticus 25:48

even after they have sold themselves they shall have the right of redemption; one of their brothers may redeem them,

Job 6:22

Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?

Job 6:24

“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong.