Job 29:17 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
English ASV
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
English Amplified
And I broke the jaws or the big teeth of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And I broke the jaws or the big teeth of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
English EASY 2024
I destroyed the power of wicked people. I rescued the people that they had attacked.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
I stopped evil people from abusing their power and saved innocent people from them.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
English God's Word - GW 1995
I broke the teeth of the wicked person and made him drop the prey out of his mouth.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
English KJV 1611
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
English LSB
I broke the fangs of the unjust And snatched the prey from his teeth.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
I broke the jaws of the wicked and plucked the victim from his teeth.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
And I broke the jaws of the wicked man; from his teeth I forced the prey.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.
English NIV
I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
English NKJ 1982
I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
English NLT
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and made them release their victims.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
I knocked out the fangs of the godless oppressors and made them drop their victims.
English Tyndale 1537
I brake the chafes of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth.