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 AGUR THE SONNE OF JAKEH. The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.
2 Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
3 I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
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 vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.
7 Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not 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:
Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
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.
Least I be full, and denie thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
10 Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
12 there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
13 there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
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.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore 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 horse leache hath two daughters which crye, Giue, giue. There be three things that will not be satisfied: yea, foure that say not, It is ynough.
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)
The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough. (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 his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.
18 There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,
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 aire, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, ye way of a ship in ye middes of the sea, and the way of a man with a maide.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
21 Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,
23 under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
24 There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
25 The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
26 the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
27 the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
The grashopper hath no King, yet goe they forth all by bandes:
28 thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.
29 There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
30 The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:
31 a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
A lusty grayhound, and a goate, and a King against whom there is no rising vp.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy 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.
When one churneth milke, he bringeth foorth butter: and he that wringeth his nose, causeth blood to come out: so he that forceth wrath, bringeth foorth strife.
