Proverbs 30:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Proverbs 30:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 30:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 30:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Proverbs 30:14 — World English Bible

Proverbs 30:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Proverbs 30:14 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 30:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A generation--swords <FI>are<Fi> their teeth, And knives--their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from <FI>among<Fi> men.”

Proverbs 30:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 30:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“— 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.”

Proverbs 30:14 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 30:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.”

Proverbs 30:14 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 30:14 in Context — Proverbs 30

12 Hay generación limpia en su opinión, si bien no se ha limpiado su inmundicia.

13 Hay generación cuyos ojos son altivos, y cuyos párpados son alzados.

14 Hay generación cuyos dientes son espadas, y sus muelas cuchillos, para devorar á los pobres de la tierra, y de entre los hombres á los menesterosos.

15 La sanguijuela tiene dos hijas [que se llaman], Trae, trae. Tres cosas hay que nunca se hartan; [aun] la cuarta nunca dice, Basta:

16 El sepulcro, y la matriz estéril, la tierra no harta de aguas, y el fuego que jamás dice, Basta.

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What Does Proverbs 30:14 Mean?

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