Proverbs 30:17 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 30:17

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The eye that mocketh at his father,.... At his advice, admonitions, and instructions; looks upon him with scorn and disdain, and treats him as a weak, silly, old man: here Agur returns to the first generation he had observed; and despiseth to obey his mother; her orders and commands: or, "the obedience of his mother" (s); her discipline and instruction, having no regard to it.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The eye that mocketh at his father - This seems to be spoken against those who curse their father, and do not bless their mother, Pro 30:11. The ravens of the valley - Those which frequent the places where dead carcasses and offal are most likely to be found. The raven, the crow, the rook, the daw, the carrion crow, and the Cornish chough, appear to be all of the same genus. Some of them live on pulse and insects; others, the raven in particular, live on carrion.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The eye--for the person, with reference to the use of the organ to express mockery and contempt, and also as that by which punishment is received. the ravens . . . eagles . . . eat--either as dying unnaturally, or being left unburied, or both.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַ֤יִן׀	'A.yin	an eye	H5869 →
תִּֽלְעַ֣ג	til.'Ag	[which] it mocks	H3932 →
לְאָב֮	le.'Av	<to> a father	H1 →
וְתָב֪וּז	ve.ta.Vuz	so it may despise	H936 →
לִֽיקֲּהַ֫ת־	li.ka.Hat-	<to> obedience of	H3349 →
אֵ֥ם	'em	a mother	H517 →
יִקְּר֥וּהָ	yi.ke.Ru.ha	they will pluck out it	H5365 →
עֹרְבֵי־	'o.re.vei-	[the] ravens of	H6158 →
נַ֑חַל	Na.chal	[the] wadi	H5158 →
וְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָ	ve.yo.khe.Lu.ha	and they will eat it	H398 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] young of	H1121 →
נָֽשֶׁר׃ פ	Na.sher	an eagle	H5404 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 27:16
  ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 21:17
  Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 7:10
  For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- Matthew 15:4
  For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Through
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
leads to
- Proverbs 20:20
  Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
leads to
- Proverbs 1:8
  Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- John 19:26–27
  When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
- Ephesians 6:1–2
  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs