Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle, —The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for 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 Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
3 Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
4 Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when 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 saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.
Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.
6 Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.
Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.
7 Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.
8 Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
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, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to 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 slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
11 A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
12 A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
13 A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
14 A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, —to devour the humbled out of 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 vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, 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 Hades, and barrenness, —A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, 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 a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle 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 Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:
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 on the rock, —the way of a ship in the heart 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 So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, —she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
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, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she 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 base man, when he is surfeited with food;
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,
23 Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
24 Four, things there are, the small of the earth, —yet, they, are wiser than the 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 prepare they, in summer, their food;
The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
26 The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;
The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
27 King, is there none, to, the locusts, —yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
The grashopper hath no King, yet goe they forth all by bandes:
28 The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, —yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.
The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.
29 Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:
There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
30 The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:
31 The greyhound, or the he-goat, —and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
A lusty grayhound, and a goate, and a King against whom there is no rising vp.
32 If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, —if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [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 Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, 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.
