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Proverbs 30:14

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—

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
KJV
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.
WEB
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
ASV
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.
DARBY
a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
BLB
A generation—its teeth [are] swords and its fangs [are] knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and needy ones from mankind.
ÅB
en slekt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis jeksler er kniver, som spiser arminger ut av landet og fattige ut av menneskenes tall.
OTB
de som har tenner som sverd og kjever som er satt med kniver for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.
B1930
en ætt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis jeksler er kniver, som eter arminger ut av landet og fattige ut av menneskenes tall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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  • Psalms 3:7

    Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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  • Psalms 14:4

    Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

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  • Job 29:17

    I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

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  • Psalms 58:6

    O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

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  • Revelation 9:8

    They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:1

    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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  • Psalms 12:5

    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

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