Job 29:17

Translations

Modern

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Traditional

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

Literal

And I broke the fangs of the unjust, and I cast away the prey from his teeth.

Latin

Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.

Original

Hebrew

English

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Proverbs 30:14
…there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Psalm 58:8
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
Psalm 124:6
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
1 Samuel 17:35
I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
Psalm 124:3
…when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Beneficence: Job

Job 29:17

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