Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
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Gill's Exposition
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue,.... Job having made his defence, and which he thought a sufficient one to acquit him of the charge against him; yet to show that he was not stubborn and flexible,…
Barnes' Notes
Or, Deliver me out of the enemy’s hand? - At no time have I called on you to rescue me from a foe. Or, Redeem me? - That is, rescue me from the hand of robbers. The meaning is, that he was in no way…
Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to…
Cambridge Bible
hand of the mighty that is, the powerful robber, who held his captives to ransom.
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