Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Yakeh, even the prophecy: the man said unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ukkal,
[the] words of - Agur [the] son of Jakeh the oracle [the] utterance of the man to Ithiel to Ithiel and Ukal.
2 “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a common man.
That [am] stupid I more than anyone and not [the] understanding of a person [belongs] to me.
3 Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One.
And not I have learned wisdom and knowledge of [the] holy [one] I know.
4 Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest it?”
Who? has he gone up heaven - and has he come down? who? has he gathered [the] wind - in hands his who? has he wrapped [the] waters - in cloak who? has he set up all [the] ends of [the] earth what? [is] name his and what? [is] [the] name of son his for you know.
5 Every saying of God is purified: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
Every word of God [is] refined [is] a shield he for [those who] take refuge in him.
6 Do not add aught unto his words: lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
May not you add to words his lest he should rebuke you and you will be proved a liar.
7 Two things do I request of thee: deny them not to me before I die.
Two [things] I ask from with you may not you withhold [them] from me before I will die.
8 Vanity and lying words do thou remove far from me: neither poverty nor riches give thou unto me; let me eat the bread appointed unto me:
Deceitfulness - and a word of falsehood put far away from me poverty and wealth may not you give to me let devour me [the] food of allotment my.
9 Lest I become over-full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I become poor, and steal, and trespass against the name of my God.
Lest I should be satisfied - and I will deny and I will say who? [is] Yahweh and lest I should become impoverished and I will steal and I will seize [the] name of God my.
10 Do not calumniate a servant unto his master: lest he curse thee, and thou incur guilt.
May not you slander a slave to (master his *Q(K)*) lest he should curse you and you will be held guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its mother.
A generation father its it curses and mother its not it blesses.
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
A generation [is] pure in own eyes its and from excrement its not it has been washed.
13 There is a generation—O how lofty are its eyes! and its eyelids are so lifted up.
A generation how! they are raised eyes its and eyelids its they are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
A generation - [are] swords teeth its and [are] knives jaw bones its to devour afflicted [people] from [the] earth and needy [people] from humankind.
15 Insatiability hath two daughters, [crying, ] Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things which never say, Enough:
[belong] to A leech - two daughters give - give three [things] they not they are satisfied four [things] not they say enough.
16 The nether world; and a barren womb; the earth which is not satisfied with water; and the fire which never saith, Enough. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol and barrenness of a womb land [which] not it is satisfied water and fire [which] not it says enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, this shall the ravens of the valley pick out; and the young eagles shall eat it.
An eye - [which] it mocks a father so it may despise obedience of a mother they will pluck out it [the] ravens of [the] wadi and they will eat it [the] young of an eagle.
18 Three things there are which are too wonderful for me; and four, which I know not:
Three [things] they they are [too] wonderful for me (and four [things] *Q(k)*) not I know them.
19 The way of the eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a young woman.
[the] way of The eagle - in the heavens [the] way of a snake on a rock [the] way of a ship in [the] heart of [the] sea and [the] way of a man with a young woman.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wrong.
[is] thus - [the] way of A woman adulterous she eats and she wipes clean mouth her and she says not I have done wickedness.
21 Under three things the earth trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:
Under three [things] it quakes [the] earth and under four [things] not it is able to bear up.
22 Under a servant when he becometh king, and a worthless fool when he hath eaten enough bread;
Under a slave for he will become king and a fool for he will be satisfied food.
23 Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.
Under a hated [woman] for she will be married and a female servant for she will dispossess mistress her.
24 There are four which are the little ones of the earth, and they are nevertheless exceedingly wise:
Four [things] they [are] small [things] of [the] earth and they [are] wise [things] made wise.
25 The ants are a people not strong, therefore do they prepare in the summer their food;
The ants [are] a people not strong and they prepared in the summer food their.
26 The conies are but a feeble people, therefore do they place on the rocks their houses;
Rock badgers [are] a people not mighty and they made in the rock[s] home their.
27 The locusts have no king, and yet they go forth in troops altogether;
A king not [belongs] to the locust and it went out dividing all of it.
28 The spider thou canst catch with [thy] hands, and yet she is in the palaces of a king.
A lizard in [two] hands you will grasp and it [is] in [the] palaces of a king.
29 Three there are that have a stately step, and four, that are stately in going:
Three [things] they [are] doing well of step and four [things] [are] doing well to walk.
30 The lion, the mightiest among beasts, who turneth not round from before any one;
A lion [is] mighty among the animal[s] and not it turns back from before anything.
31 The light-legged greyhound, and the he-goat; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
A rooster of loins or a male goat and a king a band of soldiers with him.
32 If thou hast become degraded by lifting up thyself, or if thou hast devised evil, put thy hand to thy mouth:
If you have been foolish by exalting yourself and if you have plotted hand to a mouth.
33 For the pressure of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressure of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the pressure of wrath bringeth forth strife.
For squeezing of milk it brings forth butter and squeezing of a nose it brings forth blood and squeezing of anger it brings forth strife.
