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Proverbs 30:13

There is a dor (generation), O how haughty in loftiness are their eynayim! 1 And their eyelids are proudly lifted up. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

In Context

12There is a dor (generation) that is tahor (pure) in its own eynayim, 1 and yet is not washed from its filthiness. 1

14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 131:1(Shir HaMa'alot, of Dovid) 1 nor mine eyes lofty; 1 neither do I exercise myself in gedolot, 1 or in things too high for me. 1

Proverbs 21:4A high and haughty eye, 1 and a proud levner resha'im (the lamp of the wicked ones) — are chattat (sin). 1

Isaiah 3:16Moreover Hashem saith, 1 Because the Banot Tziyon are haughty, 1 and walk with stretched forth necks 1 and winking + 3:16 flirtatious eyes, 1 walking and tripping along as they go, 1 and making a tinkling with their feet; + 3:16 ankle rings 1

Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, 1 Elohim ani? 1 But thou art adam, and no El, 1 in the yad of him that slayeth thee. 1

Habakkuk 2:4Hinei, his nashamah which is puffed up is not upright in him; 1 but the tzaddik shall live by his emunah. + 2:4 Gn 15:6 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 →

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