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Proverbs 30:12
A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
Proverbs 30:12 · Young's Literal Translation
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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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In context
9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
12 A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
13 A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
14 A generation--swords are their teeth, And knives--their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
15 To the leech are two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
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