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


In Context

11 A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

12 A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

13 A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

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

15 To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it is not satisfied with water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

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 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.