I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Proverbs 30:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible There are those whose teeth are swords; their jaw is a butcher’s knife, ready to devour the needy from the earth, and the poor from humanity. Catholic Public Domain Version There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, Give! ’ Three things are never satisfied; four never say, ‘Enough! ’:
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: ‘You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses.
Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies, even when the poor person says what is right.
‘ “Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.
They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
You pierce his head with his own spears; his warriors storm out to scatter us, gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ,