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Proverbs 30:17-19
Good News Translation
Proverbs 30:17-19
Good News Translation
17 If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age,[a] you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.
18 There are four things that are too mysterious for me to understand:
19 (A)an eagle flying in the sky,
a snake moving on a rock,
a ship finding its way over the sea,
and a man and a woman falling in love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:17 One ancient translation mother in her old age; Hebrew mother's obedience.
Proverbs 30:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 30:17-19
New International Version
17 “The eye that mocks(A) a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.(B)
18 “There are three things that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a young woman.
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