Job 29:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 29:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 29:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 29:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.”

Job 29:17 — World English Bible

Job 29:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 29:17 — American Standard Version

Job 29:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Job 29:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 29:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. ”

Job 29:17 — Darby Translation

Job 29:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.”

Job 29:17 — Geneva Bible

Job 29:17 in Context — Job 29

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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.

19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

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What Does Job 29:17 Mean?

Job 29:17 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 29. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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