King James Version
Proverbs 30:12 in the King James Version says “There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.”
Proverbs 30:12 · KJV
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.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There is a generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“in their own eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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