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, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 That [am] stupid I more than anyone and not [the] understanding of a person [belongs] to me.
“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
3 And not I have learned wisdom and knowledge of [the] holy [one] I know.
I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
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 has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?
5 Every word of God [is] refined [is] a shield he for [those who] take refuge in him.
“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 May not you add to words his lest he should rebuke you and you will be proved a liar.
Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you 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 I have asked of you. Don’t deny 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 that 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, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor 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.
“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 A generation father its it curses and mother its not it blesses.
There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12 A generation [is] pure in own eyes its and from excrement its not it has been washed.
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, 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 generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are 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 generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from 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 leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
16 Sheol and barrenness of a womb land [which] not it is satisfied water and fire [which] not it says enough. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘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 mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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.
“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
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 way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
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.
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21 Under three [things] it quakes [the] earth and under four [things] not it is able to bear up.
“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22 Under a slave for he will become king and a fool for he will be satisfied food.
For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
23 Under a hated [woman] for she will be married and a female servant for she will dispossess mistress her.
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is 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 little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25 The ants [are] a people not strong and they prepared in the summer food their.
The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26 Rock badgers [are] a people not mighty and they made in the rock[s] home their.
The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they 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 they advance in ranks.
28 A lizard in [two] hands you will grasp and it [is] in [the] palaces of a king.
You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29 Three [things] they [are] doing well of step and four [things] [are] doing well to walk.
“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
30 A lion [is] mighty among the animal[s] and not it turns back from before anything.
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
31 A rooster of loins or a male goat and a king a band of soldiers with him.
the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself and if you have plotted hand to a mouth.
“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your 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 churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
