Job

Job 29:16–17

¹⁶I was a father to the needy,

and I took up the case of the stranger.

¹⁷I shattered the fangs of the unjust

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אָ֭נֹכִֽי	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
was a father	אָ֣ב	’āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
to the needy	לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים	lā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H34 in want, needy, poor
and I took up	אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃	’eḥ·qə·rê·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H2713 search
the case	וְרִ֖ב	wə·riḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7379 strife, dispute
of the stranger	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I shattered	וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה	wā·’ă·šab·bə·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
the fangs	מְתַלְּע֣וֹת	mə·ṯal·lə·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4973 biter, tooth
of the unjust	עַוָּ֑ל	‘aw·wāl	Noun - masculine singular	H5767 unjust, unrighteous one
and snatched	אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ	’aš·lîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
the prey	טָֽרֶף׃	ṭā·rep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H2964 prey, food; leaf
from his teeth	וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו	ū·miš·šin·nāw	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H8127 tooth, ivory

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 29:16 Proverbs 29:7 · Psalm 68:5 · Proverbs 25:2 · Job 24:4 · Esther 2:7 · Job 31:18

Job 29:17 Psalm 3:7 · Proverbs 30:14 · Psalm 58:8 · 1 Samuel 17:35 · Psalm 124:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.