King James Version

Job 6:23

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

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וּמַלְּט֥וּנִיumaltuniand escapeמָלַטconjunction, verb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and escape”, a commandH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.מִיַּדmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […צָ֑רtsarnarrowצַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.וּמִיַּ֖דumiyadand from handיָדconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עָרִיצִ֣יםaritsimmightyעָרִיץadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “mighty”, the ordinary formH6184fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannicalmighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.תִּפְדּֽוּנִיtifduniransomפָּדָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “ransom”, an unfinished actionH6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve[idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

Douay-Rheims

Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὥστε σῶσαί με ἑξ ἐχθρῶν, ἢ ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστῶν ῥύσασθαί με;