Proverbs 30:12
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.
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 needy from among men.
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 are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- KJV
- There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
- WEB
- There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- ASV
- There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
- DARBY
- there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
- BLB
- A generation [is] pure in its own eyes and yet has not been washed from its filth.
- ÅB
- en slekt som er ren i sine egne øyne og dog ikke har vasket seg for sitt eget skarn,
- OTB
- de som anser seg selv som rene, men ikke har blitt renset fra sin urett;
- B1930
- en ætt som er ren i sine egne øine og dog ikke har tvettet sig for sitt eget skarn,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Read in contextProverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Read in contextTitus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Read in context1 John 1:7–10
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Read in contextProverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
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