< Proverbs 30 >
1 word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
3 and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
4 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
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 thou know?
5 all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
Two things I have asked of thee, deny me not before I die:
8 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
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 to satisfy and to deceive and to say who? LORD and lest to possess: poor and to steal and to capture name God my
lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.
10 not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
11 generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
12 generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that do not say, Enough:
16 hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol )
Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, Enough. (Sheol )
17 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
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 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
The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
20 so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.
21 underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
For three things the earth trembles, and for four, which it cannot bear:
22 underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,
23 underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
for a hateful woman when she is married, and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25 [the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,
26 rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks,
27 king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands,
28 lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
the lizard takes hold with her hands, yet she is in kings' palaces.
29 three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:
30 lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turns not away from any,
31 greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
the greyhound, also the he-goat, and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
If thou have done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou have thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
33 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
For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.