Job 29:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.”
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BSBPD
“I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 29:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:35I 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.
- Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 58:8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
- Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
- Psalms 124:6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
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