Proverbs 30:13

Proverbs 30:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
• New International Version (NIV)those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
• English Standard Version (ESV)There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Context of Proverbs 30:13

11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother. 12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not cleansed from its filth. There is a generation whose eyes are so haughty, whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully. 14There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose molars are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity. 15The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three things are never satisfied, four never say, “Enough!”—

Proverbs 30:13 word by word

דּ֭וֹר מָה־רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑יו וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• O how loftyרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• are their eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and their eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• are lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375

Cross-references for Proverbs 30:13

• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked is sin.
• Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.
• Psalms 131:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. Adonai, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me.
• Isaiah 2:11The man of haughty eyes is humbled, the lofty ones brought low, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 3:16Moreover Adonai says: “Since the Daughters of Zion are proud, and walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with their feet,
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘So your heart is exalted and you say, “I am a god! I sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Yet you are human, not a god, even if you set up your heart like the heart of a god.
• Daniel 11:36“So the king will do as he pleases, exalting and magnifying himself above every god. He will even speak outrageous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decided will be done.
• Habakkuk 2:4Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for the Day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the one destined to be destroyed.

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The third, Those who were full of vanity, pride, and insolence.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 In every age there are monsters of ingratitude who ill-treat their parents. Many persuade themselves they are holy persons, whose hearts are full of sin, and who practise secret wickedness. There are others whose lofty pride is manifest. There have also been cruel monsters in every age.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14These verses describe traits that wise people dislike. Fools: Disrespect their parents (Proverbs 10:1; 20:20; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16) Deceive themselves (Proverbs 8:7) Think they are clean when they are not (Proverbs 20:9) Are proud (Proverbs 6:17–18; 11:2; 13:10; 15:33; 16:18; 18:12; 19:20; 29:23) Hurt others with their words (teeth like swords, see Proverbs 25:18) Harm the poor (Proverbs 3:27; 11:24; 28:27; 29:7, 14)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1411-14. Four kinds of hateful persons--(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Pr 30:14; Psa 14:4; 52:2)--are now illustrated; (1) Pr 30:15, 16, the insatiability of prodigal children and their fate; (2) Pr 30:17, hypocrisy, or the concealment of real character; (3 and 4) Pr 30:18-20, various examples of pride and oppression.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 30:13

• Pride
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Agur
• Convenient
• Folk
• Food
• Gesture
• Loftily; Loftiness; Lofty
• Massa
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Zoology

Commentaries on Proverbs 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings