Job 29:17

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.

King James Version
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.

New Century Version
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.

Amplified Bible
"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.

World English Bible
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby Translation
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.

George Lamsa Translation
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.

Lexham English Bible
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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Update Bible Version
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.

New King James Version
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.

New Life Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Contextual Overview

⁷ When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat, ⁸ Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose - they stood; ⁹ Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth; ¹⁰ The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave; ¹¹ When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness; ¹² Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; ¹⁴ Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; ¹⁵ Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! ¹⁶ A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

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 12:11
And it came to pass when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: Behold! I beseech thee I know that a woman fair to look on, thou art:

Genesis 24:16
Now the young woman! was of very pleasing appearance, a virgin whom, no man, had known, - and she went down unto the fountain, and filled her pitcher and came up.

Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob lifted up his feet, - and went his way towards the land of the sons of the East.

Genesis 29:2
And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well:

Genesis 29:6
And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep.

Genesis 29:12
And when Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son, then ran she, and told her father.

Genesis 29:18
So Jacob loved Rachel, - and he said, I will serve thee seven years, for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:19
And Laban said, Better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man, - Abide with me!

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served for Rachel - seven years, - and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.

Genesis 29:22
So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a banquet,

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 m^ethall^e‛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.