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Job 29:17 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked (malt'ot rasha מַלְתְּעוֹת רָשָׁע, jaws/fangs of the wicked; shavar שָׁבַר, to break, shatter)—Job violently intervened against oppressors. Malt'ot refers to jaw-teeth or fangs, depicting the wicked as predatory beasts devouring victims. Shavar implies decisive, forceful breaking—not gentle persuasion but aggressive justice. And plucked the spoil out of his teeth (shalak teref שָׁלַךְ טֶרֶף, to cast out prey/spoil; shen שֵׁן, tooth)—Job rescued victims from oppressors' very mouths, recovering what was seized unjustly.This vivid animal imagery appears througho...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 29:17
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“Yahweh! Save me”
“and their jaws like knives”
“and struck him”
“who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.”
“like the stillborn child”
“when their wrath was kindled against us;”