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Or, `Deliver me from the adversary`s hand?` Or, `Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?`
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Commentators agree that Job's rhetorical questions are meant to establish his independence. He is forcefully stating that he never asked his friends for a material bailout, to rescue him from enemies, or to redeem his stolen property. His point is that since he never burdened them financially or physically, their harsh judgment is especially cruel and unwarranted.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or, deliver me from the enemies' hand ? &c.] Or, "out of the hand of straitness" F3 ; out of tribulation …
In his prosperity, Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. T…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding verses, Job had shown that while he felt pain and spoke from that pain, he did so rationally and was not carried away by his suffe…