Proverbs 30
1 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
3 I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
who? to ascend: rise heaven and to go down who? to gather spirit: breath in/on/with palm his who? to constrain water in/on/with mantle who? to arise: establish all end land: country/planet what? name his and what? name son: child his for to know
5 Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
6 Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
7 Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:
two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
vanity: false and word: because lie to remove from me poverty and riches not to give: give to/for me to tear me food statute: portion my
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
lest to satisfy and to deceive and to say who? LORD and lest to possess: poor and to steal and to capture name God my
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
14 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.
generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’ (Sheol h7585)
hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol h7585)
17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
eye to mock to/for father and to despise to/for obedience mother to dig her raven torrent: valley and to eat her son: young animal eagle
18 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
way: journey [the] eagle in/on/with heaven way: journey serpent upon rock way: journey fleet in/on/with heart sea and way: journey great man in/on/with maiden
20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
25 The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
[the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
26 the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
27 the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
28 and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
29 There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
30 a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
31 a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
for pressing milk to come out: produce curd and pressing face: nose to come out: produce blood and pressing face: anger to come out: produce strife
