Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
And I brake the †iawes of the wicked, and †pluckt the spoile out of his teeth.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the iaw teeth or the grinders
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. I cast
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- Psalms 3:7Rank 1 from verse 17
- Proverbs 30:14Rank 2 from verse 17
14There 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.
14* There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- 1 Samuel 17:35Rank 3 from verse 17
35And 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.
35And I went out after him, and smote him, and deliuered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
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Job 29:17
Plural form of jaw (the bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed).
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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.
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16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
16I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
17And I brake the †iawes of the wicked, and †pluckt the spoile out of his teeth.
Selected passage18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.