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11 There is a type of person who curses his father
and does not bless his mother.
12 This person is pure in his own eyes,
but he is not washed from his filth.
13 This person—how lofty his eyes, how high his eyelids!
14 This person—his teeth are swords,
and his fangs are knives.
He uses them to devour oppressed people from the earth
and poor people from among humanity.

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11 “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;(A)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes(B)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(C)
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(D)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those whose teeth(E) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(F)
to devour(G) the poor(H) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(I)

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