Job 6:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• 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 After he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
• Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer.
• Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he shall redeem you 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 soul is precious, and it ceases forever:
• Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
• Ps 107:2 : 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
• Jer 15:21 : 21 And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.