Proverbs 30:17 “As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, m…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.

Darby Translation

The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Young's Literal Translation

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Bible in Basic English

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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Cross references

“eye”

Deuteronomy 21:18–21 Proverbs 30:11 Proverbs 23:22 Leviticus 20:9 2 Samuel 18:14–17 Proverbs 20:20

Deuteronomy 21:18–21 · BSB

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Proverbs 30:11 · BSB

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 23:22 · BSB

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Leviticus 20:9 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 18:14–17 · BSB

But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

Proverbs 20:20 · BSB

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

“the ravens”

1 Samuel 17:44 2 Samuel 21:10

1 Samuel 17:44 · BSB

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

2 Samuel 21:10 · BSB

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to re…

Also

Deuteronomy 28:26

Deuteronomy 28:26 · BSB

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

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