Proverbs 30:9–15

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you

and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

Or I may become poor and steal,

and so dishonor the name of my God.

10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,

or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 “There are those who curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers;

12 those who are pure in their own eyes

and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,

whose glances are so disdainful;

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.

15 “The leech has two daughters.

‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,

four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

9 lest I be full and deny you

and say, “Who is the Lord?”

or lest I be poor and steal

and profane the name of my God.

10 Do not slander a servant to his master,

lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

11 There are those who curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers.

12 There are those who are clean in their own eyes

but are not washed of their filth.

13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,

how high their eyelids lift!

14 There are those whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

to devour the poor from off the earth,

the needy from among mankind.

15 The leech has two daughters:

Give and Give.

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough”:

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee,

And say, Who is the Lord?

Or lest I be poor, and steal,

And take the name of my God in vain.

10 Accuse not a servant unto his master,

Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father,

And doth not bless their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,

And yet is not washed from their filthiness.

13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids are lifted up.

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.

15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Yea, four things say not, It is enough:

9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”

And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.

10 Never slander a worker to the employer,

or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 Some people curse their father

and do not thank their mother.

12 They are pure in their own eyes,

but they are filthy and unwashed.

13 They look proudly around,

casting disdainful glances.

14 They have teeth like swords

and fangs like knives.

They devour the poor from the earth

and the needy from among humanity.

15 The leech has two suckers

that cry out, “More, more!”

There are three things that are never satisfied—

no, four that never say, “Enough!”:

9 Lest I be full and deny You,

And say, “Who is the Lord?”

Or lest I be poor and steal,

And profane the name of my God.

10 Do not malign a servant to his master,

Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curses its father,

And does not bless its mother.

12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,

Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

13 There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids are lifted up.

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.

15 The leech has two daughters—

Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Four never say, “Enough!”:

9 If I have too much, I might reject you

and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’

If I am poor, I might steal

and disgrace the name of my God.

10 “Do not say bad things about servants to their masters,

or they will curse you, and you will suffer for it.

11 “Some people curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers.

12 Some people think they are pure,

but they are not really free from evil.

13 Some people have such a proud look!

They look down on others.

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.

15 “Greed has two daughters

named ‘Give’ and ‘Give.’

There are three things that are never satisfied,

really four that never say, ‘I’ve had enough!’:

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?

Or lest I be poor, and steal,

And use profanely the name of my God.

10 Slander not a servant unto his master,

Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

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 filthiness.

13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids are lifted up.

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.

15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Yea, four that say not, Enough:

9 lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

10 Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother; 12 there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness; 13 there is a generation, —how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up! 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.

15 The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

9 or I may feel satisfied and deny you 

and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ 

or I may become poor and steal 

and give the name of my God a bad reputation. 

10 “Do not slander a slave to his master. 

The slave will curse you, 

and you will be found guilty.” 

11 A certain kind of person curses his father 

and does not bless his mother. 

12 A certain kind of person thinks he is pure 

but is not washed from his own feces.

13 A certain kind of person looks around arrogantly 

and is conceited. 

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. 

15 The bloodsucking leech has two daughters—“Give!” and “Give!” 

Three things are never satisfied. 

Four never say, “Enough!”: 

9 Otherwise, I might have too much

and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”

or I might have nothing and steal,

profaning the name of my God.

10 Don’t slander a servant to his master

or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

11 There is a generation that curses its father

and does not bless its mother.

12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,

yet is not washed from its filth.

13 There is a generation—how haughty its eyes

and pretentious its looks.

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.

15 The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough!”:

9 lest I be full and deny you

and say, “Who is the Lord?”

or I be poor and steal

and profane the name of my God.

10 Do not slander a servant to a master,

lest the servant curse you, and you be held guilty.

11 There are those who curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers.

12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,

yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,

how high their eyelids lift!—

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.

15 The leech has two daughters;

“Give, give,” they cry.

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough”:

9 Or else I will be satisfied and will deny him

and say “Who is Yahweh?”

Or I will be poor and will steal

and profane the name of my God.

10 Do not slander a servant to his master,

or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.

11 There is a generation that will curse its father,

and its mother it will not bless.

12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,

but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

13 There is a generation—how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids they will lift.

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.

15 For the leech, there are two daughters;

“Give, give!” they cry.

As for three of these, they are not satisfied;

as for four, they do not say enough.

9 If you don’t, I might have too much.

Then I might say I don’t know you.

I might say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

Or I might become poor and steal.

Then I would bring shame to the name of my God.

10 “Don’t tell lies about a servant when you talk to his master.

If you do, he will call down curses on you. And you will pay for it.

11 “Some people call down curses on their fathers.

Others don’t bless their mothers.

12 Some are pure in their own eyes.

But their dirty sins haven’t been washed away.

13 Some have eyes that are very proud.

They look down on others.

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.

15 “A bloodsucking worm has two daughters.

They cry out, ‘Give! Give!’

“Three things are never satisfied.

Four things never say, ‘Enough!’