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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 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