17And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.


In Context

14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame am I.

16 A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

18 And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

19 My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

Job 29:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:17I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:17And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:17And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.