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Young's Literal Translation

Job 29:17

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Teeth of the Wicked;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Job;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Justice;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Grinder;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Jaw;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cheek;   Cheek Teeth;   Jaw;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ethics;  

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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.

Contextual Overview

7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat. 8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up. 9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. 10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved. 11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me. 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. 14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I. 16 A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search 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 cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance;
Genesis 24:16
and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up.
Genesis 29:1
And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east;
Genesis 29:2
and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone [is] on the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:6
And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?' and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.'
Genesis 29:12
and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he [is] her father's brother, and that he [is] Rebekah's son, and she runneth and declareth to her father.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'
Genesis 29:19
and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'
Genesis 29:20
and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
Genesis 29:22
and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh 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 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.


 
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