13 There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.[a]
14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,(A)
whose fangs are knives,(B)
devouring the oppressed from the land(C)
and the needy from among mankind.

15 The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things(D) are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:13 Lit and its eyelids lifted up

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(A)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those whose teeth(B) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(C)
to devour(D) the poor(E) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(F)

15 “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,(G)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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