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On Different Kinds of People

10 Don’t lie about a servant to his master,
    or that servant[a] will curse you and you will pay for it.

11 Some people[b] curse their fathers
    and won’t bless their mothers.
12 Some people[c] view themselves as pure,
    but haven’t been cleansed from their own filth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:10 Lit. or he
  2. Proverbs 30:11 Lit. A generation
  3. Proverbs 30:12 Lit. A generation

10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,
    or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;(A)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes(B)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(C)

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