Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.
New American Standard Bible
And his
To
And the needy from among men.
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
A Conservative Version
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
Bible in Basic English
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
Darby Translation
a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Julia Smith Translation
A generation, its teeth swords, and its biter's teeth, knives, to devour the poor from the land, and the needy from man.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
Modern King James verseion
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.
NET Bible
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
New Heart English Bible
There 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 Emphasized Bible
A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, - to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
There 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
A generation -- swords are their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
Themes
Interlinear
'erets
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Four Kinds Of People
13
and pretentious its looks.
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.
Three things
four never say, “Enough!”:
Cross References
Job 29:17
and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Psalm 14:4
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.
Psalm 57:4
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Amos 8:4
and do away with the poor of the land,
Psalm 3:7
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;
You break the teeth of the wicked.
Psalm 10:8-9
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Psalm 12:5
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
Psalm 52:2
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
Psalm 58:6
Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.
Proverbs 12:18
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 22:16
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
Proverbs 28:3
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.
Isaiah 32:7
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.
Daniel 7:5-7
“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear.
Amos 2:7
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
Amos 4:1
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”
Micah 2:1-2
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Micah 3:1-5
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Habakkuk 3:14
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
Zephaniah 3:3
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
Matthew 23:13
James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich
Revelation 9:8
they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;