There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people's servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, Pro 30:10. Consider, 1.
Commenting on Proverbs 30:10-14
There is a generation whose teeth are as swords,.... As sharp as swords; like such the beasts of prey have; cruel, barbarous, and inhuman creatures; see Psa 57:4; and their jaw teeth as knives; exceeding sharp and biting: to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men: by their tyranny, oppression, and cruelty, to deprive them of the little they...
Pro 30:11-14 There now follows a Priamel, the first line of which is, by יקלל, connected with the יקללך of the preceding distich: 11 A generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother; 12 A generation pure in their own eyes, And yet not washed from their filthiness; 13 A generation - how haughty their eyes, And their eyelids lift themselves up...
Commenting on Proverbs 30:11-14