< 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 the most ignorant man, and do not have a man's understanding.
3 and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
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 every part of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you 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 flawless. 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
Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you 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 you; do not deny me 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, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
10 not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
"Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.
12 generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes. 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 like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from 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: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; 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 h7585)
Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.' (Sheol h7585)
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 scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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 amazing for me, four which I do not understand:
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 on 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 nothing wrong.'
21 underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
"For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:
22 underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
For a servant when he is king; 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 an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who 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 on 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 not a strong people, yet they provide 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 make they 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 advance in ranks.
28 lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it 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, 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 animals, and doesn't turn away for any;
31 greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
the greyhound, the male goat also; 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 you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your 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 as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."

< Proverbs 30 >