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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 30:11
Don't curse your father or fail to bless your mother.
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Christian Standard Bible®
There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.
There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.
Hebrew Names Version
There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
English Standard Version
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
New American Standard Bible
There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
New Century Version
"Some people curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
"Some people curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Amplified Bible
There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father And does not bless its mother.
There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father And does not bless its mother.
World English Bible
There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
Geneva Bible (1587)
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
Legacy Standard Bible
There is a generation that curses its fatherAnd does not bless its mother.
There is a generation that curses its fatherAnd does not bless its mother.
Berean Standard Bible
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Contemporary English Version
Some people curse their father and even their mother;
Some people curse their father and even their mother;
Complete Jewish Bible
There is a type of people who curse their fathers and don't bless their mothers.
There is a type of people who curse their fathers and don't bless their mothers.
Darby Translation
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people curse their fathers and refuse to bless their mothers.
Some people curse their fathers and refuse to bless their mothers.
George Lamsa Translation
There is a generation that curses their fathers, and does not bless their mothers.
There is a generation that curses their fathers, and does not bless their mothers.
Good News Translation
There are people who curse their fathers and do not show their appreciation for their mothers.
There are people who curse their fathers and do not show their appreciation for their mothers.
Lexham English Bible
There is a generation that will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.
There is a generation that will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.
Literal Translation
A generation curses its father, and does not bless its mother,
A generation curses its father, and does not bless its mother,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.
He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.
American Standard Version
There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
Bible in Basic English
There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
King James Version (1611)
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.
A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.
English Revised Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir.
A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir.
Update Bible Version
There is a generation that curse their father, And do not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curse their father, And do not bless their mother.
Webster's Bible Translation
[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
New English Translation
There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
New King James Version
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
New Living Translation
Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.
Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.
New Life Bible
There are those who curse their fathers, and do not honor their mothers.
There are those who curse their fathers, and do not honor their mothers.
New Revised Standard
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
Douay-Rheims Bible
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Revised Standard Version
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Young's Literal Translation
A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There is a kind of man who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
There is a kind of man who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
Contextual Overview
10 Don't blow the whistle on your fellow workers behind their backs; They'll accuse you of being underhanded, and then you'll be the guilty one! 11 Don't curse your father or fail to bless your mother. 12 Don't imagine yourself to be quite presentable when you haven't had a bath in weeks. 13 Don't be stuck-up and think you're better than everyone else. 14 Don't be greedy, merciless and cruel as wolves, Tearing into the poor and feasting on them, shredding the needy to pieces only to discard them.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a generation: Proverbs 30:12-14, Matthew 3:7, 1 Peter 2:9
that curseth: Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 20:20, Leviticus 20:9, Deuteronomy 21:20, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 27:16, Matthew 15:4-6, Mark 7:10-13
doth: 1 Timothy 5:4, 1 Timothy 5:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Exodus 21:15 - General Exodus 21:17 - curseth Leviticus 19:3 - fear Deuteronomy 21:18 - have a stubborn 2 Samuel 15:3 - there is Proverbs 6:20 - General Proverbs 19:26 - wasteth Proverbs 23:22 - despise Ezekiel 22:7 - set Micah 7:6 - son Malachi 1:6 - son Ephesians 6:1 - obey Colossians 3:20 - obey 1 Timothy 1:9 - murderers
Cross-References
Genesis 35:26
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram.
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 46:16
Gad's sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Gad's sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 49:19
Gad will be attacked by bandits, but he will trip them up.
Gad will be attacked by bandits, but he will trip them up.
Isaiah 65:11
"But you who abandon me, your God , who forget the holy mountains, Who hold dinners for Lady Luck and throw cocktail parties for Sir Fate, Well, you asked for it. Fate it will be: your destiny, Death. For when I invited you, you ignored me; when I spoke to you, you brushed me off. You did the very things I exposed as evil; you chose what I hate."
"But you who abandon me, your God , who forget the holy mountains, Who hold dinners for Lady Luck and throw cocktail parties for Sir Fate, Well, you asked for it. Fate it will be: your destiny, Death. For when I invited you, you ignored me; when I spoke to you, you brushed me off. You did the very things I exposed as evil; you chose what I hate."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father,.... A sort of men that neither fear God nor regard men; and are so inhuman as to be without natural affections to their parents; have no reverence of them, love to them, nor give them any honour or obedience; so far from it, that they curse their father that begot them; imprecate on him all the evils in life they can think of, and wish him out of the world;
and doth not bless their mother; cannot give her a good word, who bore them, and brought them up in the most tender and indulgent manner; yea, so unnatural as to curse her also, for that is intended by this way of speaking; see Proverbs 30:17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As the teacher had uttered what he most desired, so now he tells what he most abhorred; and in true-harmony with the teaching of the Ten Commandments places in the foremost rank those who rise against the Fifth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 30:11. There is a generation — There are such persons in the world. In this and the three following verses the wise man points out four grand evils that prevailed in his time.
The first, Those who not only did not honour, but who evil-treated, their parents.
