Job 6:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד־צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃

Transliteration

ûmalləṭûnî miyyad-ṣār ûmiyyad ʿārîṣîm tipdûnî

Grammar Details

*ûmalləṭûnî*: conjunction + Piel imperative, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and deliver me
*miyyad-ṣār*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + noun/adjective, masculine singular - from the hand of adversary
*ûmiyyad*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and from the hand of
*ʿārîṣîm*: adjective, masculine plural - tyrants/ruthless ones
*tipdûnî*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - you will ransom me

Word Meanings

*mālaṭ*: to escape/deliver/save
*yād*: hand/power
*ṣar*: adversary/enemy/foe
*ʿārîṣ*: ruthless/terrifying/violent
*pādâ*: to ransom/redeem/rescue

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Lev 25:48 : 48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;
Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
Ps 49:7-8 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)
Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Ps 107:2 : 2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Jer 15:21 : 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

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