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| Proverbs 30:1 | The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal: | The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end: | The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle: The man says to Ithiel, To 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. |
| Proverbs 30:2 | Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man; | For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man: | "Surely I am the most ignorant man, And don't have a man's understanding. | For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. |
| Proverbs 30:3 | And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One. | I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One. | I have not learned wisdom, Neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. | Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. |
| Proverbs 30:4 | Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? | Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say? | Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound 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? | 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! |
| Proverbs 30:5 | Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him. | Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him. | "Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him. |
| Proverbs 30:6 | Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. | Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false. | Don't you add to his words, Lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. | Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false. |
| Proverbs 30:7 | Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me [them] not before I die: | I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death: | "Two things I have asked of you; Don't deny me before I die: | Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. |
| Proverbs 30:8 | Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: | Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: | Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful 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, |
| Proverbs 30:9 | Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God. | For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly. | Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God. | 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. |
| Proverbs 30:10 | Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. | Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble. | "Don't slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. | Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. |
| Proverbs 30:11 | There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother. | There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother. | There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother. | A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. |
| Proverbs 30:12 | There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And [yet] are not washed from their filthiness. | There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways. | There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Yet are not washed from their filthiness. | A generation pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. |
| Proverbs 30:13 | There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up. | There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up! | There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up. | A generation how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. |
| Proverbs 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. | There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men. | There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from 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. |
| Proverbs 30:15 | The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [Yea], four that say not, Enough: | The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough: | "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:' | To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;` |
| Proverbs 30:16 | Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough. | The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough. | Sheol, the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; The fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;' | Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire it hath not said, `Sufficiency,` |
| Proverbs 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. | The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles. | And the eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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. |
| Proverbs 30:18 | There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: | There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge: | "There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand: | Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: |
| Proverbs 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 maiden. | The way of an eagle in the air; 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 girl. | The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden. | 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. |
| Proverbs 30:20 | So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness. | This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong. | So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.' | So the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.` |
| Proverbs 30:21 | For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, [which] it cannot bear: | For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with: | "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up: | For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four it is not able to bear: |
| Proverbs 30:22 | For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food; | A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased; | For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food; | For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, |
| Proverbs 30:23 | For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. | A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife. | For an unloved woman when she is married; And a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. | For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress. |
| Proverbs 30:24 | There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise: | There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise: | "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceeding wise: | Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: |
| Proverbs 30:25 | The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer; | The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer; | The ants are not a strong people, Yet they provide their food in the summer; | The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, |
| Proverbs 30:26 | The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks; | The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks; | 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, |
| Proverbs 30:27 | The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands; | The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands; | The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks; | A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out each one shouting, |
| Proverbs 30:28 | The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings' palaces. | You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses. | You can catch a lizard with your hands, Yet she is in kings' palaces. | A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king. |
| Proverbs 30:29 | There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going: | There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair: | "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going: | Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: |
| Proverbs 30:30 | The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any; | The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any; | The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any; | An old lion mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, |
| Proverbs 30:31 | The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up. | The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him. | The greyhound, the male goat also; And the 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. |
| Proverbs 30:32 | If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth. | If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth. | "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, Or if you have thought evil, Put your hand over your mouth. | If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil hand to mouth! |
| Proverbs 30:33 | For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. | The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting. | For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; So the forcing of wrath brings 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! |
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