Proverbs 30:11

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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.	[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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

There is a generation^H1755 that curseth^H7043 their father^H1, and doth not bless^H1288 their mother^H517.

Original Hebrew

דֹּור אָבִיו יְקַלֵּל וְאֶת־אִמֹּו לֹא יְבָרֵךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
דּ֭וֹר	Dor	H1755	HNcmsa	a generation
אָבִ֣י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ its
יְקַלֵּ֑ל	ye.ka.Lel	H7043	HVpi3ms	it curses
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
אִ֝מּ֗/וֹ	'i.M/o	H517	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	mother/ its
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יְבָרֵֽךְ	ye.va.Rekh	H1288	HVpi3ms	it blesses

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
H1288 — בָרַךְ (bârak, baw-rak'): a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
H1755 — דּוֹר (dôwr, dore): or (shortened) דֹּר; from דּוּר; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
H7043 — קָלַל (qâlal, kaw-lal'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.); abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a generation — Proverbs 30:12-14, Matthew 3:7, 1 Peter 2:9
doth — 1 Timothy 5:4, 1 Timothy 5:8
that curseth — Leviticus 20:9, Deuteronomy 21:20-21, Deuteronomy 27:16, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 30:17, Matthew 15:4-6, Mark 7:10-13

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