Proverbs 30:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Young's Literal Translation
A generation—swords [are] their teeth, And knives—their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.

King James Bible
[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.

Hebrew
there is a generation
דּ֤וֹר ׀ (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

whose teeth
שִׁנָּיו֮ (šin·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

are swords
חֲרָב֣וֹת (ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and whose jaws
מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו (mə·ṯal·lə·‘ō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4973: A biter, a tooth

are knives,
וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת (ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3979: Something to eat with, a knife

devouring
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 398: To eat

the oppressed
עֲנִיִּ֣ים (‘ă·nî·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

from the earth,
מֵאֶ֑רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and the needy
וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים (wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

from [among] men.
מֵאָדָֽם׃ (mê·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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