Proverbs 30
1 Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
2 For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
4 Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!
Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
5 Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
8 Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who [is] Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
11 A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
12 A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
13 A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
14 A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
— a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
15 To the leech [are] two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,' (Sheol h7585)
— Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
19 The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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 maid.
20 So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
22 For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
23 For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
26 Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
27 A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
28 A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
29 Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
30 An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
31 A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him.
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
32 If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
33 For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!
For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.
