Job 29:17
I broke the jaw of the wicked and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Free Bible Version
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 like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.
18I thought I would die at home, after many years.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:35I would chase after it, knock it down, and save the lamb from its mouth. If it turned to attack me, I would grab its hair, hit it, and kill it.
Psalms 3:7Stand up for me, Lord! Save me, my God! Hit all my enemies on the cheek; break the teeth of the wicked!
Psalms 124:3They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.
Proverbs 30:14There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.
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 →