Proverbs 30
1 These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.
THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SONNE OF JAKEH. The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.
2 For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
3 God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.
For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
4 Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?
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 For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.
Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.
6 Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.
Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.
7 Two things I ask of you; take not favor from me before I die.
Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.
8 Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
9 lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of 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 Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
11 A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
12 A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
13 A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.
There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
14 A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them 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 horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, 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 The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, 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 laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour 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 Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,
19 the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.
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, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
21 By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:
For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
22 if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,
23 or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
24 And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
25 the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer;
The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
26 the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
27 The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command.
The grashopper hath no King, yet goe they forth all by bandes:
28 And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.
29 And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
30 A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast;
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:
31 and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
A lusty grayhound, and a goate, and a King against whom there is no rising vp.
32 If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.
33 Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.
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.
