Tree Of Life Version

Proverbs 30:10-29 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

10. Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you pay for it.

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, and yet is not cleansed from its filth.

13. There is a generation whose eyes are so haughty, whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.

14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose molars are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.

15. The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three things are never satisfied, four never say, “Enough!”—

16. Sheol, a barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!

18. Three things are too amazing for me, four I do not understand:

19. the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20. Such is the way of an adulteress: she eats, wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”

21. Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:

22. under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

23. an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.

24. Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

25. ants are creatures with little strength, yet they store up their food in summer;

26. coneys are creatures with little power, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

27. locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;

28. a lizard you can catch with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

29. Three things are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: