What does Proverbs 30:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
Verse Proverbs 30:14. The _fourth_, The _greedy, cruel_, and _oppressive_, and, especially, _oppressive to the poor_....
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Sol...
PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only. Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been muc...
POOR. needy. Hebrew. _'ain._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 30:9. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
Four _generations_, or classes of men that are DETESTABLE....
THERE IS A GENERATION, &C.— These verses seem to contain cautions against keeping company with certain persons; 1. Those who are ungrateful to their parents; 2 dissembling hypocrites, Proverbs 30:12...
TEXT Proverbs 30:11-20 11. There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their...
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. A GENERATION WHOSE TEETH (ARE AS) SWORDS ... T...
THE WORDS OF AGUR The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 30 THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL (PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9) These passages are by Agur (Proverbs 30) and King Lemuel (Proverbs 31:1-9...
דֹּ֤ור ׀ חֲרָבֹ֣ות שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽ מַאֲכָלֹ֪ות מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו לֶ אֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵ אֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝ אֶבְיֹונִ֗ים מֵ
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view whic...
THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the return fro...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pur...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
[THERE IS] A GENERATION WHOSE TEETH [ARE AS] SWORDS,.... As sharp as swords; like such the beasts of prey have; cruel, barbarous, and inhuman creatures; see Psalms 57:4; AND THEIR JAW TEETH AS KNIVES...
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. Ver. 14. _There is a gener...
_There is a generation_ A sort of men, abominable both to God and men, which is implied concerning these and the following kind of sinners, mentioned in these verses; _that curseth their father_ And m...
GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
Extortioners, and cruel oppressors, who grind the faces of the poor....
Proverbs 30:14 generation H1755 teeth H8127 swords H2719 fangs H4973 knives H3979 devour H398 (H8800) poor H6041 earth H776 needy H34 men H120 whose - Proverbs 12:18; Job 29:17; Psalms 3:7,...
CONTENTS: The words of Agur. CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal. CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 30:15. HORSELEECH, or “_vampire_, an imaginary spectre or ghost, supposed to suck the blood of children.” _(Stuart.)_ PROVERBS 30:15. On these verses, Dr. Aiken, the America...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 30:1 PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom (Proverbs 30:1)...
This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men. Now in the thirtieth chapter we have, The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1) Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
Amos 2:7; Amos 4:1; Amos 8:4; Daniel 7:5; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Habakkuk 3:14; Isaiah 32:7; James 5:1; Job 29:17; Micah 2:1;...
Devour — Extortioners, and cruel oppressors....