Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from his teeth.
New American Standard Bible
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
King James Version
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Holman Bible
and snatched the prey from his teeth.
International Standard Version
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey."
A Conservative Version
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
American Standard Version
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Amplified
“And I smashed the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from 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.
Darby Translation
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall break the biter's teeth of the evil one, and I shall cast the prey from his teeth.
King James 2000
And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Modern King James verseion
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth.
NET Bible
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
New Heart English Bible
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
The Emphasized Bible
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
Webster
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
World English Bible
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
Interlinear
Shabar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
16 I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute. 17 And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from his teeth. 18 "And I thought, 'I will pass away in my nest, and like the phoenix I shall multiply [my] days.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 3:7
Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies [on the] cheek. [The] teeth of [the] wicked you break.
Proverbs 30:14
[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
1 Samuel 17:35
I would go out after it and strike it down and rescue [the sheep] from its mouth. If it rose against me, I would grab [it] by its beard and strike it down and kill it.
Psalm 58:8
[Let them be] like a snail [that] melts away [as] it goes; [like the] stillborn of woman [that] do not see [the] sun.
Psalm 124:3
then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger was kindled against us.
Psalm 124:6
Blessed [be] Yahweh, who has not made us prey for their teeth.