14There 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.


In Context

11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

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.

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.

15 The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, 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 said not, It is enough.

Proverbs 30:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:14[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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:14those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:14A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:14There 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:14a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:14There 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:14There 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:14There 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:14A generation — swords are their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.