Job 29:17
And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; 1 I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 helpless; 1 And I searched out the cause which I knew not. 1
18And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; 1 I shall live a long while. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:35then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew the spoil out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him.
Psalms 3:7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 1 Who beset me round about. 1
Psalms 124:3For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners 1 To be upon the lot of the righteous; 1 Lest the righteous should stretch forth 1 Their hands to iniquity. 1
Proverbs 30:14A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them 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 →