30 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Proverbs 30:5 tested, refined, found pure; Proverbs 30:13 In arrogance; Proverbs 30:16 Or Sheol; Proverbs 30:19 Lit. heart; Proverbs 30:23 Or hated; Proverbs 30:26 rock hyraxes; Proverbs 30:28 Or lizard; Proverbs 30:31 Or perhaps strutting rooster, lit. girded of waist; Proverbs 30:31 A Jewish tradition a king against whom there is no uprising

Proverbs 30:8 Lit words of falsehood; Proverbs 30:11 Or generation; Proverbs 30:12 Or generation; Proverbs 30:13 Or generation; Proverbs 30:14 Or generation; Proverbs 30:16 I.e., The netherworld; Proverbs 30:17 Lit despises to obey; Proverbs 30:19 Lit young unmarried woman; Proverbs 30:30 Lit turn back; Proverbs 30:31 Lit girt in the loins ...

Proverbs 30:1 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal: Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. Cross references

More Proverbs. 7 I ask you, God, to let me have two things before I die: 8 keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need. 9 If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God. 10 Never criticize servants to their master. You will be ...

30 These are the messages of Agur, son of Jakeh, addressed to Ithiel and Ucal: 2 I am tired out, O God, and ready to die. I am too stupid even to call myself a human being! 3 I cannot understand man, let alone God. 4 Who else but God goes back and forth to heaven? Who else holds the wind in his fists and wraps up the oceans in his cloak?

30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; 31 the strutting cock, the he-goat, and a king striding before his people.

30 These are the wise sayings of Agur son of Jakeh from Massa. He says, “God, I am tired, so tired. How can I keep going?” 2 I am stupid. I am not as smart as other people are. 3 I have not learned to be wise. I know nothing about the Holy One.

30 the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything, 31 the strutting rooster, the male goat, a king as he leads his army.

Proverbs 30:1 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal: Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. Cross references