11. There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.
12. There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
13. There is a generation — how haughty its eyesand pretentious its looks.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
15. The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”Three things are never satisfied;four never say, “Enough! ”:
16. Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water;and fire, which never says, “Enough! ”
17. As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother,may ravens of the valley pluck it outand young vultures eat it.
18. Three things are beyond me;four I can’t understand: