Proverbs

Proverbs 30:12–14

¹²There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes

and yet unwashed of their filth.

¹³There is a generation— how haughty are their eyes

and pretentious are their glances —

¹⁴there is a generation whose teeth are swords

and whose jaws are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the earth

and the needy from among men.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There is a generation	דּ֭וֹר	dō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
of those who are pure	טָה֣וֹר	ṭā·hō·wr	Adjective - masculine singular	H2889 clean, pure
in their own eyes	בְּעֵינָ֑יו	bə·‘ê·nāw	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H5869 eye
and yet unwashed	רֻחָֽץ׃	ru·ḥāṣ	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7364 wash, wash off, away, bathe
of their filth	וּ֝מִצֹּאָת֗וֹ	ū·miṣ·ṣō·’ā·ṯōw	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6675 filth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There is a generation	דּ֭וֹר	dō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
how	מָה־	māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
haughty	רָמ֣וּ	rā·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
are their eyes	עֵינָ֑יו	‘ê·nāw	Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H5869 eye
and pretentious	יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃	yin·nā·śê·’ū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
are their glances	וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו	wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H6079 eyelid

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
there is a generation	דּ֤וֹר׀	dō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
whose teeth	שִׁנָּיו֮	šin·nāw	Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H8127 tooth, ivory
are swords	חֲרָב֣וֹת	ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H2719 sword
and whose jaws	מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו	mə·ṯal·lə·‘ō·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4973 biter, tooth
are knives	וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת	ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H3979 knife
devouring	לֶאֱכֹ֣ל	le·’ĕ·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
the oppressed	עֲנִיִּ֣ים	‘ă·nî·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
from the earth	מֵאֶ֑רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and the needy	וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים	wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H34 in want, needy, poor
from	מֵאָדָֽם׃פ	mê·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 30:12 Luke 18:11 · Proverbs 16:2 · 2 Timothy 3:5 · Jeremiah 2:35 · Titus 3:5 · 1 John 1:7–10 · Proverbs 21:2 · Luke 16:15 · Ezekiel 36:25 · Isaiah 65:5 · Titus 1:15–16 · Zechariah 13:1

Proverbs 30:13 Proverbs 6:17 · Isaiah 2:11 · Psalm 101:5 · Psalm 131:1

Proverbs 30:14 Psalm 57:4 · Psalm 3:7 · Psalm 14:4 · Job 29:17 · Revelation 9:8 · Amos 8:4 · Psalm 58:6 · Ecclesiastes 4:1 · Psalm 12:5 · Psalm 10:8–9 · Micah 2:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.