Job 29:17
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:35I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Psalms 3:7(3-8) Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy 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 →