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11 There is a generation that (A)curses its father
And does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation that is (B)clean in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13 There is a generation—oh how (C)haughty are its eyes!
And its eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation whose (D)teeth are like swords
And its (E)fangs like knives,
To (F)devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

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11 There are those who curse their father
    and don’t bless their mother.
12 There are those who think they are clean,
    but haven’t washed off their own excrement.
13 There are those—
    how arrogant are their eyes;
    how their eyebrows are raised!
14 There are those whose teeth are swords;
    their jaw is a butcher’s knife,
    ready to devour the needy from the earth,
    and the poor from humanity.

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