Job 29:17 · KJV
“And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. {the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders} {plucked: Heb. cast}”
— Job 29:17
I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.
Job 29 — Context
I was eyes to the blind, and feet {was} I to the lame.
16I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. {the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders} {plucked: Heb. cast}
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.
19My root {was} spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. {spread...: Heb. opened}
Cross References
Psalms 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.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 124:6
Blessed {be} the LORD, who hath not given us {as} a prey to their teeth.
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.
Psalms 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: