Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
KJV
Oculum qui subsannat patrem, et qui despicit partum matris suæ, effodiant eum corvi de torrentibus, et comedant eum filii aquilæ !
Vulgate
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
ASV
עַ֤יִן תִּֽלְעַ֣ג לְ/אָב֮ וְ/תָב֪וּז לִֽ/יקֲּהַ֫ת אֵ֥ם יִקְּר֥וּ/הָ עֹרְבֵי נַ֑חַל וְֽ/יֹאכְל֥וּ/הָ בְנֵי נָֽשֶׁר
Hebrew
The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 17:44 — And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
- 2Sam 18:9 — And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heave
- 2Sam 18:14 — Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- 2Sam 21:10 — And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the ai
- Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
- Deut 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Deut 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Deut 28:26 — And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Gen 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Gen 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Gen 28:7 — And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
- Heb 12:9 — Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
- Jude 1:8 — Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 20:9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Lev 20:9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
- Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Prov 30:11 — There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- Prov 30:11 — There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.