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Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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דּ֭וֹרdorageדּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “age”, the ordinary formH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.מָהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.רָמ֣וּramvhighרוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “high”, a completed actionH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…עֵינָ֑יוeynayveye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יוveafapayvand dawningעַפְעַףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dawning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6079an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning raydawning, eye-lid.יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּyinasevlift upנָשָׂאverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Young’s Literal Translation

A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

World English Bible

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

Darby Translation

there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!

Douay-Rheims

A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)