Job 6:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or, Deliver{H4422} me from the adversary's{H6862} hand?{H3027} Or, Redeem{H6299} me from the hand{H3027} of the oppressors?{H6184}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or, Deliver{H4422}{(H8761)} me from the enemy's{H6862} hand{H3027}? or, Redeem{H6299}{(H8799)} me from the hand{H3027} of the mighty{H6184}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  To delyuer me me from the enemies honde, or to saue me from the powers off the mightie?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To deliuer me from the enemies hand, or to saue me from the hande of the tyrauntes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:48 : 48 they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them.
• Neh 5:8 : 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word.
• Job 5:20 : 20 In famine, He will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword.
• Ps 49:7-8 : 7 Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches— 8 no man can redeem another or give to God a ransom for him—
• Ps 49:15 : 15 Like sheep, they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will decay in the grave, far from lofty dwellings.
• Ps 107:2 : 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary.
• Jer 15:21 : 21 'I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the violent.'