PRO 30:14 Parallel Verse View

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30:14 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT There is a generation, its teeth are swords
⇔ and its fangs are knives
⇔ for devouring afflicted ones from the earth and needy ones from man.

UST Some people harshly oppress poor people as if they were animals who remove poor people from the world
⇔ by eating them up with very sharp teeth.

BSB there is a generation whose teeth are swords
⇔ and whose jaws are knives,
⇔ devouring the oppressed from the earth
⇔ and the needy from among men.

OEB There are others whose teeth are swords –
⇔ the teeth in their jaws are knives,
⇔ to devour the poor from the earth.
⇔ and the needy from off the ground.

WEBBE There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
⇔ and their jaws like knives,
⇔ to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from amongst men.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There is a generation whose teeth are like swords
⇔ and whose molars are like knives
⇔ to devour the poor from the earth
⇔ and the needy from among the human race.

LSV A generation—their teeth [are] swords,
And their jaw-teeth [are] knives,
To consume the poor from earth,
And the needy from [among] men.

FBV There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.

T4T Some people act very cruelly toward others;
⇔ it is as though [MET] they have teeth that are like sharp knives;
⇔ they severely oppress poor people
⇔ and try to cause them to disappear from the land.

LEB • There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and its jawbones, knives, • in order to devour the poor from the earth[fn] • and the needy from humankind.

30:? Or “land”

BBE There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

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JPS There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

ASV 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.

DRA A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.

YLT A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.

Drby — a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 [fn]There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
(There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.)

30:14 Psal.52. 3. and 57.5. iob. 29.17.

Bshps There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.
(There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poor from of the earth, and the needy from among men.)

Gnva There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.
(There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their chawes as kniues to eat up the afflicted out of the earth, and the poor from among men. )

Cvdl This peoples tethe are swerdes, and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge me.
(This peoples tethe are swords, and with their chaft bones they consume and devour the symple of the earth, and the poor from among me.)

Wyc A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men.
(A generation that hath/has swordis for teeth, and etith with his wank teeth; that it eat nedi men of earth, and the porails of men.)

Luth eine Art, die Schwerter für Zähne hat, die mit ihren Backenzähnen frißt und verzehret die Elenden im Lande und die Armen unter den Leuten.
(eine Art, the Schwerter for teeth has, the with your Backenzähnen frißt and verzehret the Elenden in_the land and the Armen under the Leuten.)

ClVg generatio quæ pro dentibus gladios habet, et commandit molaribus suis, ut comedat inopes de terra, et pauperes ex hominibus.[fn]
(generatio which for dentibus gladios habet, and commandit molaribus to_his_own, as comedat inopes about terra, and pauperes from hominibus. )

30.14 Generatio quæ pro dentibus gladios habet. Hæc est, quæ suam perfidiam aliis immittere conatur; et sicut corpora gladiis, ita audientium animas veneno allocutionis occidit.

30.14 Generatio which for dentibus gladios habet. This it_is, which his_own perfidiam aliis immittere conatur; and like corpora gladiis, ita audientium animas veneno allocutionis occidit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

דּ֤וֹר & שִׁנָּי⁠ו֮ & מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥י⁠ו

generation & teeth,whose & fangs,whose

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

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּי⁠ו֮ וּֽ⁠מַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥י⁠ו לֶ⁠אֱכֹ֣ל

swords teeth,whose and,knives fangs,whose to,devour

Here, Agur refers to people who oppress afflicted ones and needy ones as if they were wild animals that are devouring those people by using teeth or fangs that are dangerous like swords or knives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “it cruelly oppresses” or “it is oppresses others like a wild animal that uses sword-like teeth or knife-like fangs to consume”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּי⁠ו֮ וּֽ⁠מַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥י⁠ו

swords teeth,whose and,knives fangs,whose

The phrases its teeth are swords and its fangs are knives mean the same thing. Agur is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “its teeth are very sharp”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵ⁠אֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝⁠אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵ⁠אָדָֽם

poor from,earth and,needy from=humankind

The phrases afflicted ones from the earth and needy ones from man mean the same thing. Agur is using the two phrases together for emphasis. Here, afflicted ones and needy ones both refer to poor people. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “poor people from the world”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מֵ⁠אָדָֽם

from=humankind

Here, man refers to all people in general, not a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “from mankind” or “from all human beings”

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