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Proverbs 30:14

14  There are those whose teeth are hswords,

whose ifangs are knives,

to jdevour the poor from off the earth,

the needy from among mankind.

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Proverbs 30:14 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 those whose teeth are swords

and whose jaws are set with knives

to devour the poor from the earth

and the needy from among mankind.

Proverbs 30:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Proverbs 30:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 They have teeth like swords

and fangs like knives.

They devour the poor from the earth

and the needy from among humanity.

Proverbs 30:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,

And whose fangs are like knives,

To devour the poor from off the earth,

And the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30:14 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 Some people have teeth like swords;

their jaws seem full of knives.

They want to remove the poor from the earth

and the needy from the land.

Proverbs 30:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Proverbs 30:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 —a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 A certain kind of person, 

whose teeth are like swords 

and whose jaws are ⸤like⸥ knives, 

devours oppressed people from the earth 

and people from among humanity. 

Proverbs 30:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the land

and the needy from among mankind.

Proverbs 30:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 there are those whose teeth are swords,

whose teeth are knives,

to devour the poor from off the earth,

the needy from among mortals.

Proverbs 30:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

and its jawbones, knives,

in order to devour the poor from the earth

and the needy from humankind.

Proverbs 30:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 Some people have teeth like swords.

The teeth in their jaws are as sharp as knives.

They are ready to eat up the poor people of the earth.

They are ready to eat up those who are the most needy.

Proverbs 30:14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords

And his jaw teeth like knives,

To devour the afflicted from the earth

And the needy from among men.


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