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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 30:1 |
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, |
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. |
| 30:2 |
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. |
| 30:3 |
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. |
| 30:4 |
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? |
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! |
| 30:5 |
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
Every saying of God `is' tried, A shield He `is' to those trusting in Him. |
| 30:6 |
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false. |
| 30:7 |
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: |
Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. |
| 30:8 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
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, |
| 30:9 |
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. |
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. |
| 30:10 |
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. |
| 30:11 |
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. |
| 30:12 |
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. |
A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. |
| 30:13 |
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. |
| 30:14 |
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men. |
| 30:15 |
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: |
To the leech `are' two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;' |
| 30:16 |
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. |
Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it `is' not satisfied `with' water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,' |
| 30:17 |
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. |
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. |
| 30:18 |
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: |
Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: |
| 30:19 |
The way of an eagle in the air; 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. |
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. |
| 30:20 |
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.' |
| 30:21 |
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: |
For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear: |
| 30:22 |
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; |
For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, |
| 30:23 |
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress. |
| 30:24 |
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: |
Four `are' little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: |
| 30:25 |
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; |
The ants `are' a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, |
| 30:26 |
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; |
Conies `are' a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, |
| 30:27 |
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting, |
| 30:28 |
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king. |
| 30:29 |
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: |
Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: |
| 30:30 |
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, |
| 30:31 |
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. |
A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him. |
| 30:32 |
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. |
If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth! |
| 30:33 |
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. |
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! |
