Proverbios 30:14

14 Hay quienes tienen espadas por dientesy cuchillos por mandíbulas;para devorar a los pobres de la tierray a los menesterosos de este mundo.

Proverbios 30:14 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:14

[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 ( Psalms 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 have; and even to take away their lives from them, and utterly destroy them; of this disposition are all tyrants and persecutors: such were Rome Pagan, compared to a red dragon in the times of the ten Heathen persecutions; and such is Rome Papal, signified by a beast, like a leopard, bear, and lion; and which has been drunk with the blood of the saints.

Proverbios 30:14 In-Context

12 Hay quienes se creen muy puros,pero no se han purificado de su impureza.

13 Hay quienes se creen muy importantes,y a todos miran con desdén.

14 Hay quienes tienen espadas por dientesy cuchillos por mandíbulas;para devorar a los pobres de la tierray a los menesterosos de este mundo.

15 »La sanguijuela tiene dos hijasque solo dicen: “Dame, dame”.»Tres cosas hay que nunca se sacian,y una cuarta que nunca dice “¡Basta!”:

16 el sepulcro, el vientre estéril,la tierra, que nunca se sacia de agua,y el fuego, que no se cansa de consumir.