Hiob 29:17

17 und ich zerbrach das Gebiß des Ungerechten, und seinen Zähnen entriß ich die Beute.

Hiob 29:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 29:17

And I brake the jaws of the wicked
Their jaw teeth, or grinders, alluding to beasts of prey, who have such teeth, very large; the meaning may be, that Job confuted the arguments which wicked men made use of in their own defence, and against the poor, exposed the weakness of them, and made them ineffectual to answer their purposes; disabled tyrants and cruel oppressors from doing any further hurt and damage to the fatherless and helpless; was an instrument in the hand of God of breaking the power, and weakening the hands of such persons, and hindering them from doing the mischief they otherwise would; see ( Proverbs 30:14 ) ( Psalms 3:7 ) ( 58:6 ) ;

and plucked the spoil out of his teeth;
as David took the lamb out of the mouth of the bear and lion that came into his father's flock, and carried it off: thus Job delivered the poor out of the hands of such monsters in nature, comparable to beasts of prey, and saved them from being utterly ruined by them, and obliged them to restore unto them what they had in an unrighteous manner taken from them.

Hiob 29:17 In-Context

15 Auge war ich dem Blinden, und Fuß dem Lahmen;

16 Vater war ich den Dürftigen, und die Rechtssache dessen, den ich nicht kannte, untersuchte ich;

17 und ich zerbrach das Gebiß des Ungerechten, und seinen Zähnen entriß ich die Beute.

18 Und ich sprach: In meinem Neste werde ich verscheiden, und meine Tage vermehren wie der Sand;

19 meine Wurzel wird ausgebreitet sein am Wasser, und der Tau wird übernachten auf meinem Gezweig;