Job 29:17
And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
Noyes Bible
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 poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
18Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Cross References
Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For thou smitest the cheek of all my enemies; Thou breakest the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 124:3Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;
Proverbs 30:14There is a class, whose teeth are swords, And their jaw-teeth 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 →