Proverbs 30
1 word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
3 and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
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
[But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
5 all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
6 not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
7 two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
[God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them 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
Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
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
because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
10 not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
11 generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
[I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
12 generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
13 generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
14 generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
15 to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
16 hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (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
Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
18 three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
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
How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
20 so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
21 underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
22 underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
[What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
23 underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
[what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
24 four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
[There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
25 [the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
26 rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
27 king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
28 lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
29 three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
[There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
30 lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
31 greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
32 if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
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
If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
