Job 29:17
And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
In Context
16A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Psalms 3:7(3:8) Arise, O Lord, help me, O my God; for thou smitest all my enemies upon the cheek bone: the teeth of the wicked dost thou break.
Psalms 124:3Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are 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 →