PRO 30:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT There is a generation, how its eyes are raised up,
⇔ and its eyelids are lifted up!

BSB There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes
⇔ and pretentious are their glances—

OEB There are others with haughty eyes
⇔ and supercilious eyebrows.

WEBBE There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
⇔ Their eyelids are lifted up.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty,
⇔ and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.

LSV A generation—how high are their eyes,
Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.

FBV There are some who think themselves so high and mighty, and who look down on others.

T4T Some people are very proud;
⇔ they think that they are very good and they despise others.

LEB • There is a generation—how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.

BBE There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

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JPS There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

ASV There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
⇔ And their eyelids are lifted up.

DRA A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.

YLT A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

Drby there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!

RV There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Wbstr There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

KJB-1769 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

KJB-1611 [fn]There is a generation, O howe lofty are their eyes! and their eye-lids are lifted vp.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

30:13 Chap.6. 17.

Bshps There is a generation that hath a proude loke, and doth cast vp their eye lyddes.
(There is a generation that hath/has a proud loke, and doth cast up their eye lyddes.)

Gnva There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
(There is a generation, whose eyes are haughty, and their eye liddes are lifted up. )

Cvdl There are people yt haue a proude loke, and cast vp their eye lyddes.
(There are people it have a proud loke, and cast up their eye lyddes.)

Wycl A generacioun whose iyen ben hiy, and the iye liddis therof ben reisid in to hiy thingis.
(A generation whose eyes been hiy, and the iye liddis thereof been reisid in to high things.)

Luth eine Art, die ihre Augen hoch trägt und ihre Augenlider emporhält;
(eine Art, the their/her Augen hoch trägt and their/her Augenlider emporhält;)

ClVg generatio cujus excelsi sunt oculi, et palpebræ ejus in alta surrectæ;
(generatio cuyus excelsi are oculi, and palpebræ his in alta surrectæ; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

דּ֭וֹר & עֵינָ֑י⁠ו וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפָּ֗י⁠ו

generation & eyes,their and,eyelids,their

See how you translated the same use of generation and its in 30:11.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

מָה־רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑י⁠ו וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפָּ֗י⁠ו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ

what lofty eyes,their and,eyelids,their high_~_lift

Here, how indicates that what follows is an exclamation that emphasizes the pride of this generation. Use an exclamation that would communicate that meaning in your language. Alternate translation: “its eyes are so raised up, and their eyelids are so lifted up”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑י⁠ו וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפָּ֗י⁠ו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ

lofty eyes,their and,eyelids,their high_~_lift

Here, Agur refers to pride as eyes that are raised up and eyelids that are lifted up, which is are characteristic facial expressions of proud people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “proud they are, and they are arrogant”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑י⁠ו וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפָּ֗י⁠ו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ

lofty eyes,their and,eyelids,their high_~_lift

The phrases eyes are raised up and eyelids are lifted up mean similar things. Agur is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “how completely proud they are”

Parallel PRO 30:13