Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
18And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:35And I pursued after them, and struck them, and delivered it out of 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 thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
Psalms 124:3Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.
Proverbs 30:14A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off 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 →