Proverbs 30:12
There is a dor (generation) that is tahor (pure) in its own eynayim, 1 and yet is not washed from its filthiness. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
In Context
11There is a dor (generation) that curseth its av, 1 and doth not make a bracha on its em. 1
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then said Michah, Now I have da'as that Hashem will do me good, seeing I have a Levi as my kohen.
Job 33:9I am pure without peysha; 1 I am clean; neither is there avon in me. + 33:9 Yn 8:46 1
Psalms 51:2When Natan HaNavi confronted him after he went into Bat-Sheva) + 51:2 2Sm 11:2 1
Proverbs 16:2All the drakhei ish are pure in his own eynayim, 1 but Hashem weigheth the ruchot. 1
Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean; 1 put away the evil of your doings 1 from before Mine eyes; 1 cease to do evil; 1
Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with lye, 1 and take thee much soap, 1 yet thine avon (iniquity) is marked before Me, saith Adonoi Hashem. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15
Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →