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Proverbs 30:7-19
New King James Version
Proverbs 30:7-19
New King James Version
7 Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
(A)Feed me with the food allotted to me;
9 (B)Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
10 Do not malign a servant to his master,
Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses its (C)father,
And does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation (D)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13 There is a generation—oh, how (E)lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are [a]lifted up.
14 (F)There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And whose fangs are like knives,
(G)To devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters—
Give and Give!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 (H)The[b] grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”
17 (I)The eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Yes, four which I do not understand:
19 The way of an eagle in the air,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the [c]midst of the sea,
And the way of a man with a virgin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:13 In arrogance
- Proverbs 30:16 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 30:19 Lit. heart
Proverbs 30:7-19
New International Version
Proverbs 30:7-19
New International Version
7 “Two things I ask of you, Lord;
do not refuse me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.(A)
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(B) you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(C)
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.(D)
10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,
or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
11 “There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers;(E)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes(F)
and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(G)
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(H)
whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those whose teeth(I) are swords
and whose jaws are set with knives(J)
to devour(K) the poor(L) from the earth
and the needy from among mankind.(M)
15 “The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry.
“There are three things that are never satisfied,(N)
four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 the grave,(O) the barren womb,
land, which is never satisfied with water,
and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’
17 “The eye that mocks(P) a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.(Q)
18 “There are three things that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a young woman.
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