The Book of Proverbs 30 |
The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
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. |
Proverbs 30:2 | For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. |
Proverbs 30:3 | Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. |
Proverbs 30:4 | 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! |
Proverbs 30:5 | Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him. |
Proverbs 30:6 | Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false. |
Proverbs 30:7 | Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. |
Proverbs 30:8 | 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, |
Proverbs 30:9 | 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. |
Proverbs 30:10 | Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. |
Proverbs 30:11 | A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. |
Proverbs 30:12 | A generation pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. |
Proverbs 30:13 | A generation how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. |
Proverbs 30:14 | 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 | To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;` |
Proverbs 30:16 | Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire it hath not said, `Sufficiency,` |
Proverbs 30:17 | 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. |
Proverbs 30:18 | Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: |
Proverbs 30:19 | 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. |
Proverbs 30:20 | 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 hath earth been troubled, And for four it is not able to bear: |
Proverbs 30:22 | For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, |
Proverbs 30:23 | For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress. |
Proverbs 30:24 | Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: |
Proverbs 30:25 | The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, |
Proverbs 30:26 | Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, |
Proverbs 30:27 | A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out each one shouting, |
Proverbs 30:28 | A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king. |
Proverbs 30:29 | Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: |
Proverbs 30:30 | An old lion mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, |
Proverbs 30:31 | A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king no rising up with him. |
Proverbs 30:32 | 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 out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife! |