Holy Scripture
Job 29:17
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“And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. [ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION] Oh what a spoil did he take from the mouth of the devil, when by converting she carried off Saul himself the spoiler; when still breathing threats he was on his way to Damascus, having received letters, and whereas…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
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In context
15I was the eye of the blind, And the foot of the lame.
16I was the father of the helpless; And I searched out the cause which I knew not.
— Job 29:17 —
18And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
19My root was spread out by the water, And the dew would lodge on my crop.