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 son of Jakeh—the utterance: This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
Surely I am more like an animal than any human and I do not have the understanding of a human being.
3 and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have 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 gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has gathered up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely 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 tested; 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, or he will discipline you, and you will be proved to be a liar.
7 two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
Two things I ask of you, do not withhold them from 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
Put vanity and lies far away from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, just give me the food 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
For if I have too much, I might deny you and say, “Who is Yahweh?” Or if I become poor, I might steal and profane 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 slave before his master, or he will curse you and you will 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 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 that is pure in their own eyes, and yet they are not washed of their filth.
13 generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
There is a generation whose eyes are raised up, and how high are their eyelids 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 jawbones are like knives, so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.
15 to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
The leech has two daughters: “Give and give” they cry. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never 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; land that is never satisfied with water; and the fire that never says, “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 a father and scorns obedience to a mother, his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and he will be eaten by the vultures.
18 three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that 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 sky; 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.
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 the way of an adulteress: she eats and she 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
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:
22 underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
a slave when he becomes 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
a hated woman when she marries; and a maid when she takes the place of her mistress.
24 four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
Four things on earth are small and yet they are very wise:
25 [the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
the ants are creatures that are not strong, but 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 rock badgers are not mighty creatures, but they make their homes in the rocks.
27 king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
Locusts have no king, but all of them march in rank.
28 lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
As for the lizard, you can hold it in your two hands, yet they are found in kings' palaces.
29 three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
There are three things that are stately in their stride and four that are stately in how they walk:
30 lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
a lion, strongest among wild animals— it does not turn away from anything;
31 greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
a strutting rooster; a goat; and a king whose soldiers are beside him.
32 if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising 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
As churning milk makes butter and as one's nose will produce blood if it is twisted, so deeds done in anger produce conflict.
