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Proverbs 30:14

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.

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.

15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is 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.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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  • Psalms 3:7

    Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

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  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

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  • Job 29:17

    And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

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  • Psalms 58:6

    Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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  • Revelation 9:8

    And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:1

    So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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  • Psalms 12:5

    For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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