King James Version

Job 29:17

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

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וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָהvaashabrahand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, paragogic he — “and break”, the next action in the storyH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).מְתַלְּע֣וֹתmetalotcheek toothמְתַלְּעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “cheek tooth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4973properly, a biter, i.e. a toothcheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.עַוָּ֑לavalunjustעַוָּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “unjust”, the ordinary formH5767evil (morally)unjust, unrighteous, wicked.וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יוumishinayvand from ivoryשֵׁןconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and from ivory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.אַשְׁלִ֥יךְashlikhethrowשָׁלַךְverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “throw”, an unfinished actionH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.טָֽרֶףtarefleafטֶרֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leaf”, the ordinary formH2964something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodleaf, meat, prey, spoil.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων, ἐκ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξήρπασα.