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Job 29:17
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Christian Standard Bible®
I shattered the fangs of the unjustand snatched the prey from his teeth.
I shattered the fangs of the unjustand snatched the prey from his teeth.
Hebrew Names Version
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
King James Version
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
English Standard Version
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
New Century Version
I broke the fangs of evil people and snatched the captives from their teeth.
I broke the fangs of evil people and snatched the captives from their teeth.
New English Translation
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Amplified Bible
"And I smashed the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
"And I smashed the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
New American Standard Bible
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And rescued the prey from his teeth.
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And rescued the prey from his teeth.
World English Bible
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
Legacy Standard Bible
I broke the fangs of the unjustAnd snatched the prey from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unjustAnd snatched the prey from his teeth.
Berean Standard Bible
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Contemporary English Version
When criminals attacked, I broke their teeth and set their victims free.
When criminals attacked, I broke their teeth and set their victims free.
Complete Jewish Bible
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and snatched the prey from his teeth.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Darby Translation
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Easy-to-Read Version
I stopped evil people from abusing their power and saved innocent people from them.
I stopped evil people from abusing their power and saved innocent people from them.
George Lamsa Translation
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
Good News Translation
I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
Lexham English Bible
And I broke the evil one's jaw bones, and I made his prey drop from his teeth.
And I broke the evil one's jaw bones, and I made his prey drop from his teeth.
Literal Translation
I broke the fangs of the perverse, and cast the prey out of his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the perverse, and cast the prey out of his teeth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth.
I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth.
American Standard Version
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Bible in Basic English
By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
King James Version (1611)
And I brake the iawes of the wicked, and pluckt the spoile out of his teeth.
And I brake the iawes of the wicked, and pluckt the spoile out of his teeth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.
I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
English Revised Version
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.
Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.
Update Bible Version
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
New King James Version
I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
New Living Translation
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
New Life Bible
I broke the jaws of the sinful, and took from their teeth what they had taken.
I broke the jaws of the sinful, and took from their teeth what they had taken.
New Revised Standard
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
Revised Standard Version
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Young's Literal Translation
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
Contextual Overview
7"When I walked downtown and sat with my friends in the public square, Young and old greeted me with respect; I was honored by everyone in town. When I spoke, everyone listened; they hung on my every word. People who knew me spoke well of me; my reputation went ahead of me. I was known for helping people in trouble and standing up for those who were down on their luck. The dying blessed me, and the bereaved were cheered by my visits. All my dealings with people were good. I was known for being fair to everyone I met. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame, Father to the needy, and champion of abused aliens. I grabbed street thieves by the scruff of the neck and made them give back what they'd stolen. I thought, ‘I'll die peacefully in my own bed, grateful for a long and full life, A life deep-rooted and well-watered, a life limber and dew-fresh, My soul suffused with glory and my body robust until the day I die.'
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I brake: Psalms 3:7, Psalms 58:8, Proverbs 30:14
jaws: Heb. jaw teeth, or grinders
and plucked: Heb. and cast, 1 Samuel 17:35, Psalms 124:3, Psalms 124:6
Reciprocal: Job 4:10 - the teeth Psalms 58:6 - Break their Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 24:11 - General Proverbs 31:8 - Open Jeremiah 21:12 - deliver
Cross-References
Genesis 29:1
Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well.
Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well.
Genesis 29:6
"Are things well with him?" Jacob continued. "Very well," they said. "And here is his daughter Rachel coming with the flock."
"Are things well with him?" Jacob continued. "Very well," they said. "And here is his daughter Rachel coming with the flock."
Genesis 29:19
"It is far better," said Laban, "that I give her to you than marry her to some outsider. Yes. Stay here with me."
"It is far better," said Laban, "that I give her to you than marry her to some outsider. Yes. Stay here with me."
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.
Genesis 30:22
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
Genesis 35:24
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.
Jeremiah 31:15
Again, God 's Message: "Listen to this! Laments coming out of Ramah, wild and bitter weeping. It's Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace. Her children are gone, gone—long gone into exile." But God says, "Stop your incessant weeping, hold back your tears. Collect wages from your grief work." God 's Decree. "They'll be coming back home! There's hope for your children." God 's Decree.
Again, God 's Message: "Listen to this! Laments coming out of Ramah, wild and bitter weeping. It's Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace. Her children are gone, gone—long gone into exile." But God says, "Stop your incessant weeping, hold back your tears. Collect wages from your grief work." God 's Decree. "They'll be coming back home! There's hope for your children." God 's Decree.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I brake the jaws of the wicked,.... Their jaw teeth, or grinders, alluding to beasts of prey, who have such teeth, very large; the meaning may be, that Job confuted the arguments which wicked men made use of in their own defence, and against the poor, exposed the weakness of them, and made them ineffectual to answer their purposes; disabled tyrants and cruel oppressors from doing any further hurt and damage to the fatherless and helpless; was an instrument in the hand of God of breaking the power, and weakening the hands of such persons, and hindering them from doing the mischief they otherwise would; see
Proverbs 30:14;
and plucked the spoil out of his teeth; as David took the lamb out of the mouth of the bear and lion that came into his father's flock, and carried it off: thus Job delivered the poor out of the hands of such monsters in nature, comparable to beasts of prey, and saved them from being utterly ruined by them, and obliged them to restore unto them what they had in an unrighteous manner taken from them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And I brake the jaws of the wicked - Margin, âjaw-teeth, or, grinders.â The Hebrew word ×ת××¢× methalleâaÌh, the same, with the letters transposed, as ×ת××¢×ת, is from ×תע, to âbiteâ - and means âthe biters,â the grinders, the teeth. It is not used to denote the jaw. The image here is taken from wild beasts, with whom Job compares the wicked, and says that he rescued the helpless from their grasp, as he would a lamb from a lion or wolf.
And plucked - Margin, âcast.â The margin is a literal translation, but the idea is, that he violently seized the spoil or prey which the wicked had taken, and by force tore it from him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:17. I brake the jaws of the wicked — A metaphor taken from hunting. A beast of prey had entered into the fold, and carried off a sheep. "The huntsman comes, assails the wicked beast, breaks his jaws, and delivers the spoil out of his teeth. See the case 1 Samuel 17:34-37.
