< Proverbs 30 >
1 The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle, —The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.
word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
2 Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
3 Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
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? 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 refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.
all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
6 Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.
not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
7 Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
8 Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
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 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.
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 slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.
not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
11 A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
12 A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
13 A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
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.
generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
15 The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!
to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
16 Hades, and barrenness, —A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough! (Sheol )
hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol )
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.
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 there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:
three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
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.
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, is the way of a woman committing adultery, —she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
21 Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
22 Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
23 Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
24 Four, things there are, the small of the earth, —yet, they, are wiser than the wise:
four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
25 The ants, a people, not strong, —yet prepare they, in summer, their food;
[the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
26 The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;
rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
27 King, is there none, to, the locusts, —yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
28 The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, —yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.
lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
29 Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:
three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
30 The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;
lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
31 The greyhound, or the he-goat, —and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
32 If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, —if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!
if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
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.
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