Job 29:17

I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.

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In The King James Version

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

In Context

16I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

18And I said, “I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:35And I pursued after them, and I struck them, and I rescued from their mouth. And they rose up against me. And I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.

Psalms 3:7I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

Psalms 124:3For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity.

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.

Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →

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