Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from 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.
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 needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth. 18 "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 3:7
Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
1 Samuel 17:35
I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.
Psalm 58:8
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
Psalm 124:3
they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
Psalm 124:6
The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.