Proverbs 30:12
A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
11A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
13A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
Cross References
Judges 17:13Then said Micah—Now, I know that Yahweh will do me good,—seeing I have a Levite as my priest.
Job 33:9Pure am, I, without transgression,—Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;
Psalms 51:2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.
Isaiah 1:16Wash you make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes,—Cease to do evil.
Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity inscribed before me Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
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 →