Job 29:17

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
KJV
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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.
DARBY
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
BLB
And I broke the fangs of the unjust, and I cast away the prey from his teeth.
ÅB
Jeg knuste den urettferdiges kjever og rev byttet bort fra hans tenner.
OTB
Jeg knuste de ondes kjever,
Og reddet byttet fra deres tenner.
B1930
Jeg knuste den urettferdiges kjever og rev byttet bort fra hans tenner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 124:6

    Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 124:3

    Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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