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Job 29:17 — And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I brake		Psa 3:7; Psa 58:8; Pro 30:14
jaws		Heb. jaw teeth, or grinders
and plucked		Heb. and cast. 1Sa 17:35; Psa 124:3,6

Correlating Passages

I brake

	Psa 3:7	Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
	Psa 58:8	As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
	Pro 30:14	[There 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.

and plucked

	1Sa 17:35	And 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.
	Psa 124:3	Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
	Psa 124:6	Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 29:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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