Proverbs 30:11
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- KJV
- There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- WEB
- There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
- ASV
- There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
- DARBY
- There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
- BLB
- A generation lightly esteems its father, and does not bless its mother.
- ÅB
- Der er en slekt som banner sin far og ikke velsigner sin mor,
- OTB
- Noen forbanner sine fedre og unnlater å velsigne sine mødre;
- B1930
- Der er en ætt som banner sin far og ikke velsigner sin mor,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextProverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read in contextExodus 21:17
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Read in contextProverbs 30:12–14
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:20–21
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Read in context1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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