Parallel Verses
Amplified
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
New American Standard Bible
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And the young
King James Version
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Holman Bible
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.
International Standard Version
The eye that mocks a father and looks with a disobedient attitude at a mother the valley ravens will pluck it out; and vultures will eat it.
A Conservative Version
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
American Standard Version
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
Bible in Basic English
The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
Darby Translation
The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Julia Smith Translation
The eye shall mock to his father, and despise to obey the mother, the ravens of the valley shall bore it out and the sons of the eagle shall eat it
King James 2000
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
Modern King James verseion
The eye that mocks at his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.
NET Bible
The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
New Heart English Bible
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
The Emphasized Bible
The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.
Webster
The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
World English Bible
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Youngs Literal Translation
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Themes
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Mocking parents
Mocking » General references to
Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous
Ravens » Described as » Carnivorous
Ravens » Called the raven of the valley
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Disrespectful Children - Their Punishment
16
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
There are three things which are too astounding and unexpectedly wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.
Genesis 9:21-27
He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay exposed inside his tent.
Leviticus 20:9
‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he shall most certainly be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on him [that is, he bears full responsibility for the consequences].
Deuteronomy 28:26
Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
1 Samuel 17:44
The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”
2 Samuel 18:9-10
Now Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a massive tree, and his
2 Samuel 18:14-17
Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree.
2 Samuel 21:10
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest [in the spring] until [the autumn] rain fell on them; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on their bodies by day, nor the beasts of the field [to feed on them] by night.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.