Proverbs 30:14

A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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 needy from among men.

In Context

13A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

15To the leech [are] two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Psalms 3:7Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies [on] the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.

Psalms 52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Psalms 57:5Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

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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