Proverbs 30:17
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.Proverbs 30:17 in the real world
In what words
- יִקָּהָהyiqqâhâhobedience
- נָקַרnâqarto bore (penetrate, quarry)
- עֹרֵבʻôrêba raven (from its dusky hue)
- בּוּזbûwzto disrespect
- לָעַגlâʻagto deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
- נֶשֶׁרnesherthe eagle (or other large bird of prey)
- נַחַלnachala stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a broo
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 21:18–21, Pro 23:22, Pro 30:11, 2Sa 18:14–17, Lev 20:9, Gen 9:21–27, Pro 20:20, 2Sa 21:10