Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:
2 Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
3 I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.
4 Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved, and found a liar:
7 Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:
9 lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
10 Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
14 — a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
15 The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.
16 — Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough. (Sheol h7585)
Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
18 There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
19 The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
21 Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:
22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:
23 under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
24 There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
25 The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:
26 the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:
27 the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.
28 thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings’ houses.
29 There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:
30 The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:
31 a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.
33 For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.
And he that strongly squeezeth the papa to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath bringeth forth strife.
