Proverbs 30:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. [Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20; 23:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ An eye that mocks a father and rejects obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, and the eagle’s young eat it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

Proverbs 30:17 Krydshenvisninger

2 Samuel 21:10

Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on a rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell on them from the heavens; she did not allow the birds of the air to come on the bodies by day or the wild animals by night.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:

Leviticus 20:9

All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses shall be food for every bird of the air and animal of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field.”