KJV 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.
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Proverbs 30:17
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 30
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:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
17 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.
18 There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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עַ֤יִן׀H5869 · a.yineyeתִּֽלְעַ֣גH3932 · la.agto mockלְאָב֮H1 · avfatherוְתָב֪וּזH936 · buzto despiseלִֽיקֲּהַ֫ת־H3349 · yiq.qa.hahobedienceאֵ֥םH517 · emmotherיִקְּר֥וּהָH5365 · na.qarto digעֹרְבֵי־H6158 · o.revravenנַ֑חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverוְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָH398 · a.khalto eatבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childנָֽשֶׁר׃ פH5404 · ne.shereagle
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 21:18-21If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:Proverbs 30:11[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Leviticus 20:9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him.2 Samuel 18:14-17Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.Genesis 9:21-27And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Deuteronomy 28:26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.1 Samuel 17:44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.2 Samuel 18:9-10And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.
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