Proverbs 30:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

There is a generation of people whose eyes are so full of pride! They look down on others with their noses in the air.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes a generation of people who are extremely arrogant and look down on others with pride and superiority.

📚 Historical Context

This comes from the wisdom sayings of Agur, a wise man whose teachings were included in Proverbs. He was observing the moral decline he saw in society, describing four types of wicked people. The imagery of 'lifted eyelids' and 'lofty eyes' was a common Hebrew way to describe arrogance and pride.

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