Proverbs 30:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
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.
A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.
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?”
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.
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.”