King James Version
Proverbs 30:11 in the King James Version says “There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.”
Proverbs 30:11 · KJV
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. deny: Heb. belie thee
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Accuse: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There is a generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“their father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“that curseth”
H7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and doth not bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
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