Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The eye that mocks at his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.
International Standard Version
The eye that mocks a father and looks with a disobedient attitude at a mother the valley ravens will pluck it out; and vultures will eat it.
A Conservative Version
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.
Bible in Basic English
The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
Darby Translation
The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Julia Smith Translation
The eye shall mock to his father, and despise to obey the mother, the ravens of the valley shall bore it out and the sons of the eagle shall eat it
King James 2000
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.
NET Bible
The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
New Heart English Bible
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
The Emphasized Bible
The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.
Webster
The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
World English Bible
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Youngs Literal Translation
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Themes
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Mocking parents
Mocking » General references to
Raven » Bird » Black » Carnivorous
Ravens » Described as » Carnivorous
Ravens » Called the raven of the valley
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Disrespectful Children - Their Punishment
16 The grave; and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, have not said, Enough. 17 The eye that mocks at his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18 Three things are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I do not know:
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man has a son who is stubborn and rebels, who will not obey his father's voice or his mother's voice, even when they have chastened him he will not listen to them,
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Genesis 9:21-27
And he drank of the wine and was drunk. And he was uncovered inside his tent.
Leviticus 20:9
And any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be on him.
Deuteronomy 28:26
And your body shall be food to all birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. And no man shall frighten them away.
1 Samuel 17:44
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.
2 Samuel 18:9-10
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on 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 heavens and the earth. And the mule under him went away.
2 Samuel 18:14-17
And Joab said, I cannot stay here with you this way! And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven. And she did not allow either the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.