en_tn/pro/30/14.md

# There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jawbones are knives, so they may devour the poor ... and the needy

This is a metaphor for being cruel and treating poor and needy people cruelly, like an animal with sharp teeth that tears apart other animals and eats them. The sharp teeth may be a metaphor specifically for cruel words. Devouring the poor and needy may be specifically about taking poor people's possessions, leaving them even poorer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# There is a generation whose teeth

"Some people's teeth" or "Stay away from people whose teeth." See how you translated similar words in [verse 11](./11.md).

# jawbones

the bones of the face where teeth grow
From PDF Lamentations 2019-03-06 21:20:20 +00:00			`# There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jawbones are knives, so they may devour the poor ... and the needy`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
Pro 30:14 Snippet update Also clarifying that "devouring" is a metaphor. 2019-02-26 16:42:27 +00:00			`This is a metaphor for being cruel and treating poor and needy people cruelly, like an animal with sharp teeth that tears apart other animals and eats them. The sharp teeth may be a metaphor specifically for cruel words. Devouring the poor and needy may be specifically about taking poor people's possessions, leaving them even poorer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
From PDF Lamentations 2019-03-06 21:20:20 +00:00			`# There is a generation whose teeth`

			`"Some people's teeth" or "Stay away from people whose teeth." See how you translated similar words in [verse 11](./11.md).`

Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# jawbones`

			`the bones of the face where teeth grow`