Proverbs 30 · Verse 13

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30:13, King James Version

Proverbs 30:13 in other translations

BSBThere is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
WEBThere is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
ASVThere is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
YLTA generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
DARBYthere is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
BBEThere is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
WebsterThere is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

What does Proverbs 30:13 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The third, Those who were full of vanity, pride, and insolence.

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.

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Proverbs 30:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דּ֭וֹרDora generationH1755
מָה\־mah-how!H4100
רָמ֣וּra.Muthey are raisedH7311
עֵינָ֑יו'ei.Naveyes itsH5869
וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יוve.'af.'a.Pavand eyelids itsH6079
יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ\׃yi.na.Se.'uthey are lifted upH5375

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 30:13

  • Proverbs 6:17

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Isaiah 2:11

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

  • Psalms 131:1

    A Song of degrees of David. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

  • Ezekiel 28:9

    Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • Proverbs 21:4

    An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

  • Isaiah 3:16

    Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

  • Ezekiel 28:2-5

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

  • Daniel 11:36-37

    And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

  • Habakkuk 2:4

    Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:17; 21:4; Ps 101:5; 131:1; Isa 2:11; 3:16; Eze 28:2-5,9
Da 11:36,37; Hab 2:4; 2Th 2:3,4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 30:14

    There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Proverbs 30:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hay generación cuyos ojos son altivos, y cuyos párpados son alzados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
une génération,… que ses yeux sont hautains, et ses paupières élevées!
German
Elberfelder 1871
ein Geschlecht-wie stolz sind seine Augen, und seine Wimpern erheben sich! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
generatio cujus excelsi sunt oculi, et palpebræ ejus in alta surrectæ;