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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Job 29:17
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I shattered the fangs of the unjustand snatched the prey from his teeth.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of evil people and snatched the captives from their teeth.
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
"And I smashed the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And rescued the prey from his teeth.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unjustAnd snatched the prey from his teeth.
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
When criminals attacked, I broke their teeth and set their victims free.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and snatched the prey from his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I stopped evil people from abusing their power and saved innocent people from them.
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
And I broke the evil one's jaw bones, and I made his prey drop from his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the perverse, and cast the prey out of his teeth.
I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I brake the iawes of the wicked, and pluckt the spoile out of his teeth.
I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
I broke the jaws of the sinful, and took from their teeth what they had taken.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
Contextual Overview
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
It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;
The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.
He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."
Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father.
Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
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, “jaw-teeth, or, grinders.” The Hebrew word מתלעה methalle‛âh, the same, with the letters transposed, as מתלעות, is from לתע, to “bite” - and means “the biters,” 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, “cast.” 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.
