🌪️WEB · Job 29:17
What does Job 29:17 mean?
"I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth."
— Job 29:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Then I said, ‘I shall die in my own house, I shall count my days as the sand.
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
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