Proverbs 30:11-14
Expanded Bible
11 “Some people curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers [Ex. 20:12; 21:17].
12 Some people think they are pure,
but they ·are not really free from evil [L have not cleaned off their own excrement; Deut. 23:12–14].
13 Some people have such ·a proud look [haughty eyes]!
They ·look down on others [L raise their eyebrows; Ps. 131].
14 Some people have teeth like swords;
their jaws ·seem full of knives [are a butcher’s knife; C their words hurt people].
They want to ·remove [L consume] the poor from the earth
and the needy from the ·land [or humanity].
Proverbs 30:11-14
New American Standard Bible
11 There is a [a]kind of person who (A)curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
12 There is a [b]kind who is (B)pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
13 There is a [c]kind—oh how (C)lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
14 There is a [d]kind of person whose (D)teeth are like swords
And his (E)jaw teeth like knives,
To (F)devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:11 Or generation
- Proverbs 30:12 Or generation
- Proverbs 30:13 Or generation
- Proverbs 30:14 Or generation
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