9aLest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.
10 Do not malign a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
11Thereis a generation that curses its afather, And does not bless its mother.
12Thereis a generation athatis pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13Thereis a generation—oh, how alofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are1 lifted up.
14aThereis a generation whose teeth arelike swords, And whose fangs arelike knives, bTo devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters— Give and Give! There are three thingsthat are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”:
16aThe1 grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water— And the fire never says, “Enough!”
17aThe eye that mocks his father, And scorns obedience to his mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
18 There are three thingswhich are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand:
19 The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the1 midst of the sea, And the way of a man with a virgin.
Four kinds of hateful persons—(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Proverbs 30:14; Psalms 14:4; Psalms 52:2) —are now illustrated; (1) Proverbs 30:15-16, the insatiability of prodigal children and their fate; (2) Proverbs 30:17, hypocrisy, or the concealment of real character; (3 and 4) Proverbs 30:18-20, various examples of pride and oppression.
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