Proverbs 30:13-15
Easy-to-Read Version
13 Some people are so proud of themselves, and they look down on everyone else.
14 There are people whose teeth are like swords and their jaws like knives. They take everything they can from the poor.
15 Greedy people know only two things[a]: “Give me,” and “Give me.” There are three other things that are never satisfied—really, four things that never have enough:
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- Proverbs 30:15 Literally, “A leech has two daughters.”
Proverbs 30:13-15
New International Version
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(A)
whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those whose teeth(B) are swords
and whose jaws are set with knives(C)
to devour(D) the poor(E) from the earth
and the needy from among mankind.(F)
15 “The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry.
“There are three things that are never satisfied,(G)
four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
Proverbs 30:13-15
King James Version
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 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.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
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Proverbs 30:13-15
New King James Version
13 There is a generation—oh, how (A)lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are [a]lifted up.
14 (B)There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And whose fangs are like knives,
(C)To devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters—
Give and Give!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:13 In arrogance
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