Devine Scripture

Job 29:17

Job chapter 29 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Context

v.16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

v.17This passage

v.18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 124:6

    Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

  • Psalms 58:8

    Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

  • Psalms 3:7

    Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

  • Psalms 124:3

    Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:

  • 1 Samuel 17:35

    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.

  • Proverbs 30:14

    There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.