Proverbs 30:17 - Tree of Life Version The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on the rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until the rain poured on them from the sky. She did not let the birds of the sky rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.
There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
“Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”
Your carcass will be food for every bird of the heavens and beast of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, so I may give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”