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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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
World English Bible (WEB)
There is a generation{H1755}, whose teeth{H8127} are as swords{H2719}, and their jaw teeth{H4973} as knives{H3979}, to devour{H398}{(H8800)} the poor{H6041} from off the earth{H776}, and the needy{H34} from among men{H120}.
Strong's King James
There's a generation with swords teeth,
Knives, his jawbone,
To eat the poor out of the land,
The needy out of Adam.
The F.O.G
A generation—swords are their teeth, And knives—their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
Young's Literal Translation
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