Proverbs 30:13
What does Proverbs 30:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:17
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
- Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.
- Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
- Proverbs 21:4
A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.
- Psalms 131:1
Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.
- Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;—
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