| Prov. 30:1 |
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh. The oracle. / The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: |
| Prov. 30:2 |
Surely I am more stupid than any man, / And do not have a man's understanding; |
| Prov. 30:3 |
And I have not learned wisdom, / Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. |
| Prov. 30:4 |
Who has ascended into heaven and descended? / Who has gathered the wind in His fists? / Who has wrapped up 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 you know? |
| Prov. 30:5 |
Every word of God is tried; / He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. |
| Prov. 30:6 |
Do not add to His words, / Lest He reprove you and you be found a liar. |
| Prov. 30:7 |
Two things I have asked of You; / Do not refuse me before I die: |
| Prov. 30:8 |
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. / Give me neither poverty nor riches; / Feed me with the food that is my portion, |
| Prov. 30:9 |
Lest I become full and deny [You] and say, Who is Jehovah? / Or lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my God. |
| Prov. 30:10 |
Do not slander a servant to his master, / Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. |
| Prov. 30:11 |
There is a generation that curse their father, / And do not bless their mother. |
| Prov. 30:12 |
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, / And [yet] are not washed from their filthiness. |
| Prov. 30:13 |
There is a generation--oh how lofty are their eyes, / And their eyelids are raised [arrogantly.] |
| Prov. 30:14 |
There is a generation whose teeth are [like] swords, / And their jaw teeth [like] knives, / To devour the afflicted from off the earth, / And the needy from among men. |
| Prov. 30:15 |
The leech has two daughters, [crying,] Give, give. / There are three things that are never satisfied, / [Indeed,] four that do not say, Enough: |
| Prov. 30:16 |
Sheol and the barren womb, / The earth that is not satisfied with water, / And the fire that does not say, Enough. |
| Prov. 30:17 |
The eye that mocks his father / And despises to obey his mother, / The ravens of the valley will pick it out, / And the young eagles will eat it. |
| Prov. 30:18 |
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, / Indeed four which I do not know: |
| Prov. 30:19 |
The way of an eagle in the sky, / 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. |
| Prov. 30:20 |
This is the way of an adulterous woman: / She eats and wipes her mouth / And says, I have done no wickedness. |
| Prov. 30:21 |
Under three things the earth quakes, / And under four, it cannot bear up: |
| Prov. 30:22 |
Under a servant when he is king, / And a fool when he is filled with food; |
| Prov. 30:23 |
Under a hated woman when she gets married, / And a servant girl who is heir to her mistress. |
| Prov. 30:24 |
Four things are small on the earth, / But they are exceedingly wise: |
| Prov. 30:25 |
The ants are a clan without strength, / Yet they prepare their food in the summer; |
| Prov. 30:26 |
The rock badgers are a clan without might, / Yet they make their houses in the rocks; |
| Prov. 30:27 |
The swarming locusts have no king, / Yet all of them go out in ranks; |
| Prov. 30:28 |
The lizard can be grasped with the hands, / Yet she is in kings' palaces. |
| Prov. 30:29 |
There are three things which are stately in [their] step, / Indeed four which are stately in walking: |
| Prov. 30:30 |
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, / And does not turn back before any; |
| Prov. 30:31 |
The strutting cock girded in the loins, or a male goat, / And a king [who has] a band of soldiers with him. |
| Prov. 30:32 |
If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, / Or if you have thought an evil scheme, / [Put your] hand upon your mouth. |
| Prov. 30:33 |
For the churning of milk produces butter, / And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, / So the pressing of wrath brings forth strife. |