Proverbs 30
1 Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.
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 more brutish than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
4 Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know!
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 saying of God [is] tried, He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.
Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.
6 Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, And you have been found false.
Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.
7 Two things I have asked from You, Do not withhold from me before I die.
Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.
8 Put vanity and a lying word far from me, Do not give poverty or wealth to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of 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 Do not accuse a servant to his lord, Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
11 A generation lightly esteems their father, And does not bless their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
12 A generation—pure in their own eyes, But not washed from their own filth.
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
13 A generation—how high are their eyes, Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
14 A generation—their teeth [are] swords, And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, To consume the poor from 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 To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said “Sufficiency”;
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 a restrained womb, Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire—it has not said, “Sufficiency,” (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 An eye that mocks at a father, And despises to obey a mother, Ravens of the valley dig it out, And young eagles 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 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Indeed, four that I have not known:
There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,
19 The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way 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 So—the way of an adulterous woman, She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
21 For three things has earth been troubled, And for four—it is not able to bear:
For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
22 For a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,
23 For a hated one when she rules, And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare their food in summer,
The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
26 hyraxes [are] a people not strong, And they place their house in a rock,
The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
27 There is no king to the locust, And it goes out—each one shouting,
The grashopper hath no King, yet goe they forth all by bandes:
28 A spider with two hands takes hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.
29 There are three going well, Indeed, four are good in going:
There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
30 An old lion—mighty among beasts, That does not turn back from the face of any,
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:
31 A girt one of the loins, Also a male goat, And a king—troops with him.
A lusty grayhound, and a goate, and a King against whom there is no rising vp.
32 If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, And if you have devised evil—hand to 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 churning of milk brings out butter, And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, And the forcing of anger brings out 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.
