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


In Context

11 "There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;

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

15 "The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':

16 the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, '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 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.

The American King James 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.