11 There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.(A)
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,(B)
yet is not washed from its filth.
13 There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.[a]
14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,(C)
whose fangs are knives,(D)
devouring the oppressed from the land(E)
and the needy from among mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:13 Lit and its eyelids lifted up

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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