The Meaning of Proverbs 30:14 Explained

Proverbs 30:14

KJV: 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.

YLT: A generation -- swords are their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

Darby: a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 30:14?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 30:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 30:14 mean?

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What is the context of Proverbs 30:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[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.

What does Proverbs 30:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 30:1-17 - The Advice Of A Shrewd Observer

This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the return from the Exile. The opening verses of the chapter may be thus rendered: "The utterance of the man who has questioned and thought." I have wearied after God, I have wearied after God, and am faint; for I am too stupid for a man, and am without reason, and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the All-Holy."

Agur answers his complaint in Proverbs 30:5-9. You cannot know God by your own discovery, but He will make Himself known to you through the written Word, to which no addition may be made, Proverbs 30:6. See also John 1:18, which shows our clearest revelation of Him. But there are two conditions: We must put away vanity and lies; and we must be satisfied with God's arrangement of our daily food. Notice the following quatrain, Proverbs 30:11-14, which is descriptive of four kinds of evil men: the unfilial, the self-righteous, the haughty, and the rapacious. The next quatrain, Proverbs 30:15-16, treats of "the insatiable;" and this is followed by a further description of the doom of the disobedient: strong, wise, shrewd, and sanctified sense. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 30

¹ Agur's confession of his faith
⁷ The two points of his prayer
¹⁰ The meanest are not to be wronged
¹¹ Four wicked generations
¹⁵ Four things insatiable
²⁴ four things exceeding wise
²⁹ Four things stately
³² Wrath is to be prevented

What do the individual words in Proverbs 30:14 mean?

[There is] a generation [like] swords whose teeth [are] and [like] knives whose fangs [are] to devour the poor from off the earth and the needy from [among] men -

דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם פ

דּ֤וֹר ׀	[There is] a generation
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: דֹּור Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
חֲרָב֣וֹת	[like] swords
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: חֶרֶב Sense: sword, knife.
שִׁנָּיו֮	whose teeth [are]
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular Root: שֵׁן Sense: tooth, ivory.
וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת	and [like] knives
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: מַאֲכֶלֶת Sense: knife.
מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו	whose fangs [are]
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: מְתַלְּעֹות Sense: teeth, fangs, incisors.
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל	to devour
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
עֲנִיִּ֣ים	the poor
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: עָנִי Sense: poor, afflicted, humble, wretched.
מֵאֶ֑רֶץ	from off the earth
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים	and the needy
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֶבְיׄון Sense: in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person.
מֵאָדָֽם	from [among] men
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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