Parallel Verses
King James Version
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
New American Standard Bible
And snatched the prey from 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.
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
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 the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 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.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 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.
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.
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.
Psalm 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.
Psalm 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Psalm 124:6
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.