New American Standard Bible 2020

Proverbs 30:11-31

11There is a 1kind of person who 2curses his father And does not bless his mother.12There is a 3kind who is 4pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.13There is a 5kind--oh how 6lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.14There is a 7kind of person whose 8teeth are like swords And his 9jaw teeth like knives, To 10devour the poor from the earth And the needy from among mankind.

15The leech has two daughters: “Give” and “Give.” There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, “Enough”:16 11 12Sheol, the 13infertile womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, “Enough.”17The eye that 14mocks a father And 15 16scorns a mother, The 17ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young 18eagles will eat it.

18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:19The way of the 19eagle in the sky, The way of a snake on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a 20virgin.20This is the way of an 21adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wrong.”

21Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot endure:22Under a 22slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,23Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a female servant when she dispossesses her mistress.

24Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:25The 23ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;26The 24rock hyraxes are not a mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;27The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in 25ranks;28The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

29There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk:30The lion, which is 26mighty among animals And does not 27 28retreat from anything,31The 29strutting rooster or the male goat, And a king when his army is with him.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 30:11 Or generation ↩
2. Proverbs 30:11 Ex 21:17; Prov 20:20 ↩
3. Proverbs 30:12 Or generation ↩
4. Proverbs 30:12 Prov 16:2; Is 65:5; Luke 18:11; Titus 1:15, 16 ↩
5. Proverbs 30:13 Or generation ↩
6. Proverbs 30:13 Prov 6:17; Is 2:11; 5:15 ↩
7. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation ↩
8. Proverbs 30:14 Ps 57:4 ↩
9. Proverbs 30:14 Job 29:17 ↩
10. Proverbs 30:14 Ps 14:4; Amos 8:4 ↩
11. Proverbs 30:16 I.e., The netherworld ↩
12. Proverbs 30:16 Prov 27:20 ↩
13. Proverbs 30:16 Gen 30:1 ↩
14. Proverbs 30:17 Gen 9:22 ↩
15. Proverbs 30:17 Lit despises to obey ↩
16. Proverbs 30:17 Prov 15:20 ↩
17. Proverbs 30:17 Deut 28:26 ↩
18. Proverbs 30:17 Deut 28:26 ↩
19. Proverbs 30:19 Deut 28:49; Jer 48:40; 49:22 ↩
20. Proverbs 30:19 Lit young unmarried woman ↩
21. Proverbs 30:20 Prov 5:6 ↩
22. Proverbs 30:22 Prov 19:10; Eccl 10:7 ↩
23. Proverbs 30:25 Prov 6:6 ↩
24. Proverbs 30:26 Lev 11:5; Ps 104:18 ↩
25. Proverbs 30:27 Joel 2:7 ↩
26. Proverbs 30:30 Judg 14:18; 2 Sam 1:23 ↩
27. Proverbs 30:30 Lit turn back ↩
28. Proverbs 30:30 Mic 5:8 ↩
29. Proverbs 30:31 Lit girt in the loins ↩

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