Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30:12 in other translations
| BSB | There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. |
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| WEB | There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness. |
| ASV | There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness. |
| YLT | A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. |
| DARBY | there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness; |
| BBE | There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways. |
| Webster | There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. |
What does Proverbs 30:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 30:11-14
11-14. Four kinds of hateful persons--(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Pr 30:14; Psa 14:4; 52:2)--are now illustrated; (1) Pr 30:15, 16, the insatiability of prodigal children and their fate; (2) Pr 30:17, hypocrisy, or the concealment of real character; (3 and 4) Pr 30:18-20, various examples of pride and oppression.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:11-14
In every age there are monsters of ingratitude who ill-treat their parents. Many persuade themselves they are holy persons, whose hearts are full of sin, and who practise secret wickedness. There are others whose lofty pride is manifest. There have also been cruel monsters in every age.
Proverbs 30:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 30:12
- Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
- 2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
- Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
- 1 John 1:7-10
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
- Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
- Ezekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
- Isaiah 65:5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
- Luke 11:39-40
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
- Titus 1:15-16
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:2; Jud 17:5,13; 1Sa 15:13,14; Job 33:9; Ps 36:2; Isa 65:5
Jer 2:22-24,35; Lu 11:39,40; 16:15; 18:11; 2Ti 3:5; Tit 1:15,16
1Jo 1:8-10
not.
Ps 51:2,7; Isa 1:16; Jer 4:14; Eze 36:25; Zec 13:1; 1Co 6:11
Tit 3:5; 1Jo 1:7; Re 1:5
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
- Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hay generación limpia en su opinión, si bien no se ha limpiado su inmundicia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | une génération pure à ses propres yeux et qui n’est pas lavée de son ordure, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ein Geschlecht, das rein ist in seinen Augen und doch nicht gewaschen von seinem Unflat; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | generatio quæ sibi munda videtur, et tamen non est lota a sordibus suis; |