Proverbs 30
1 [the] words of - Agur [the] son of Jakeh the oracle [the] utterance of the man to Ithiel to Ithiel and Ukal.
The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, even his prophecy; the inspired utterance of the man to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal.
2 That [am] stupid I more than anyone and not [the] understanding of a person [belongs] to me.
Truly I am more stupid than any man; There is not in me the understanding of a man.
3 And not I have learned wisdom and knowledge of [the] holy [one] I know.
I have not learned wisdom, Nor have I gained the knowledge of the Most Holy.
4 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.
Who hath gone up into heaven and come down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound up the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what his son's name, if thou knowest?
5 Every word of God [is] refined [is] a shield he for [those who] take refuge in him.
Every word of God is pure; A shield is he to them that put their trust in him.
6 May not you add to words his lest he should rebuke you and you will be proved a liar.
Add not to his words, Lest he rebuke thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two [things] I ask from with you may not you withhold [them] from me before I will die.
Two things do I ask of thee; Withhold them not from me, before I die!
8 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.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food which is needful for me;
9 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.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, And say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor, and steal, And violate the name of my God.
10 May not you slander a slave to (master his *Q(K)*) lest he should curse you and you will be held guilty.
Talk not against a servant to his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou suffer for it.
11 A generation father its it curses and mother its not it blesses.
There is a class of men that curse their fathers, And do not bless their mothers.
12 A generation [is] pure in own eyes its and from excrement its not it has been washed.
There is a class who are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 A generation how! they are raised eyes its and eyelids its they are lifted up.
There is a class, —O how lofty are their eyes, And how are their eyelids lifted up!
14 A generation - [are] swords teeth its and [are] knives jaw bones its to devour afflicted [people] from [the] earth and needy [people] from humankind.
There is a class, whose teeth are swords, And their jaw-teeth knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
15 [belong] to A leech - two daughters give - give three [things] they not they are satisfied four [things] not they say enough.
The vampire hath two daughters; “Give! give!” [[is their cry.]] There are three things which are never satisfied; Yea, four which say not, “Enough!”
16 Sheol and barrenness of a womb land [which] not it is satisfied water and fire [which] not it says enough. (Sheol h7585)
The underworld, and the barren womb; The earth, which is not satiated with water, And fire, which never saith, “It is enough!” (Sheol h7585)
17 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.
The eye that mocketh at a father, And scorneth to obey a mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
18 Three [things] they they are [too] wonderful for me (and four [things] *Q(k)*) not I know them.
These three things are too wonderful for me; Yea, there are four which I understand not:
19 [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.
The track of an eagle in the air, The track of a serpent upon a rock, The track of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the track of a man with a maid.
20 [is] thus - [the] way of A woman adulterous she eats and she wipes clean mouth her and she says not I have done wickedness.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, “I have done nothing wrong.”
21 Under three [things] it quakes [the] earth and under four [things] not it is able to bear up.
Under three things is the earth disquieted; Yea, under four it cannot bear up:
22 Under a slave for he will become king and a fool for he will be satisfied food.
Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled with bread;
23 Under a hated [woman] for she will be married and a female servant for she will dispossess mistress her.
Under an odious woman when she becometh a wife, And a handmaid when she becometh heir to her mistress.
24 Four [things] they [are] small [things] of [the] earth and they [are] wise [things] made wise.
There are four things which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.
25 The ants [are] a people not strong and they prepared in the summer food their.
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare in the summer their food.
26 Rock badgers [are] a people not mighty and they made in the rock[s] home their.
The conies are a feeble people, Yet do they make their houses in the rocks.
27 A king not [belongs] to the locust and it went out dividing all of it.
The locusts have no king, Yet do they all go forth in bands.
28 A lizard in [two] hands you will grasp and it [is] in [the] palaces of a king.
The lizard seizeth with its hands, And is in king's palaces.
29 Three [things] they [are] doing well of step and four [things] [are] doing well to walk.
These three have a graceful step; Yea, four are graceful in their walk:
30 A lion [is] mighty among the animal[s] and not it turns back from before anything.
The lion, the hero among beasts, Which turneth not back for any;
31 A rooster of loins or a male goat and a king a band of soldiers with him.
The loin-girded war-horse, the he-goat, And a king who cannot be withstood.
32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself and if you have plotted hand to a mouth.
If thou hast been foolish in lifting thyself up, And hast meditated evil, Put thy hand on thy mouth!
33 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.
For, as the pressing of milk bringeth forth cheese, And as the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood, So the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.
