< 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.
word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
2 For I am more brutish than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.
for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
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? to ascend: rise heaven and to go down who? to gather spirit: breath in/on/with palm his who? to constrain water in/on/with mantle who? to arise: establish all end land: country/planet what? name his and what? name son: child his for to know
5 Every saying of God [is] tried, He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.
all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
6 Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, And you have been found false.
not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
7 Two things I have asked from You, Do not withhold from me before I die.
two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to 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,
vanity: false and word: because lie to remove from me poverty and riches not to give: give to/for me to tear me food statute: portion my
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.
lest to satisfy and to deceive and to say who? LORD and lest to possess: poor and to steal and to capture name God my
10 Do not accuse a servant to his lord, Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
11 A generation lightly esteems their father, And does not bless their mother.
generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
12 A generation—pure in their own eyes, But not washed from their own filth.
generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
13 A generation—how high are their eyes, Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
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.
generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
15 To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said “Sufficiency”;
to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire—it has not said, “Sufficiency,” (Sheol )
hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol )
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.
eye to mock to/for father and to despise to/for obedience mother to dig her raven torrent: valley and to eat her son: young animal eagle
18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Indeed, four that I have not known:
three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
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.
way: journey [the] eagle in/on/with heaven way: journey serpent upon rock way: journey fleet in/on/with heart sea and way: journey great man in/on/with maiden
20 So—the way of an adulterous woman, She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”
so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
21 For three things has earth been troubled, And for four—it is not able to bear:
underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
22 For a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
23 For a hated one when she rules, And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare their food in summer,
[the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
26 hyraxes [are] a people not strong, And they place their house in a rock,
rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
27 There is no king to the locust, And it goes out—each one shouting,
king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
28 A spider with two hands takes hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
29 There are three going well, Indeed, four are good in going:
three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
30 An old lion—mighty among beasts, That does not turn back from the face of any,
lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
31 A girt one of the loins, Also a male goat, And a king—troops with him.
greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
32 If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!
if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
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!
for pressing milk to come out: produce curd and pressing face: nose to come out: produce blood and pressing face: anger to come out: produce strife