Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Job 29:17 in other translations
| BSB | I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. |
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| WEB | I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth. |
| ASV | And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. |
| YLT | And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey. |
| DARBY | And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| BBE | By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. |
| Webster | And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
What does Job 29:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 29:12-17
12-17. The grounds on which Job was praised (Job 29:11), his helping the afflicted (Psa 72:12) who cried to him for help, as a judge, or as one possessed of means of charity. Translate: "The fatherless who had none to help him."
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:7-17
All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such gifts as these! They have great opportunities of honouring God and doing good, but have great need to watch against pride. Happy the people who are blessed with such men! it is a token for good to them. Here we see what Job…
Job 29:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 29:17
- Psalms 3:7
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- 1 Samuel 17:35
And I 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 124:6
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- Psalms 58:8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
- Psalms 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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Context
- Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Job 29:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je brisais la mâchoire de l’inique, et d’entre ses dents j’arrachais la proie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ich zerbrach das Gebiß des Ungerechten, und seinen Zähnen entriß ich die Beute. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam. |