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 the oracle [the] utterance of the man to Ithiel to Ithiel and Ukal.
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man:
That [am] stupid I more than anyone and not [the] understanding of a person [belongs] to me.
3 And I have not learned wisdom, neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
And not I have learned wisdom and knowledge of [the] holy [one] I know.
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 he gone up heaven - and has he come down? who? has he gathered [the] wind - in hands his who? has he wrapped [the] waters - in cloak who? has he set up all [the] ends of [the] earth what? [is] name his and what? [is] [the] name of son his for you know.
5 Every word of God is tried: he is a shield unto them that trust in him.
Every word of God [is] refined [is] a shield he for [those who] take refuge in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
May not you add to words his lest he should rebuke you and you will be proved a liar.
7 Two things have I asked of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Two [things] I ask from with you may not you withhold [them] from me before I will die.
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Deceitfulness - and a word of falsehood put far away from me poverty and wealth may not you give to me let devour me [the] food of allotment my.
9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use profanely the name of my God.
Lest I should be satisfied - and I will deny and I will say who? [is] Yahweh and lest I should become impoverished and I will steal and I will seize [the] name of God my.
10 Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
May not you slander a slave to (master his *QK) lest he should curse you and you will be held guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
A generation father its it curses and mother its not it blesses.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
A generation [is] pure in own eyes its and from excrement its not it has been washed.
13 There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
A generation how! they are raised eyes its and eyelids its they are lifted up.
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 - [are] swords teeth its and [are] knives jaw bones its to devour afflicted [people] from [the] earth and needy [people] from humankind.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, [Crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that say not, Enough:
[belong] to A leech - two daughters give - give three [things] they not they are satisfied four [things] not they say enough.
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not, Enough. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol and barrenness of a womb land [which] not it is satisfied water and fire [which] not it says enough. (Sheol h7585)
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 - [which] it mocks a father so it may despise obedience of a mother they will pluck out it [the] ravens of [the] wadi and they will eat it [the] young of an eagle.
18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
Three [things] they they are [too] wonderful for me (and four [things] *Qk) not I know them.
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 snake on a rock [the] way of a ship in [the] heart of [the] sea and [the] way of a man with a young woman.
20 So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
[is] thus - [the] way of A woman adulterous she eats and she wipes clean mouth her and she says not I have done wickedness.
21 For three things the earth doth tremble, and for four, [which] it cannot bear:
Under three [things] it quakes [the] earth and under four [things] not it is able to bear up.
22 For a servant when he is king; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Under a slave for he will become king and a fool for he will be satisfied food.
23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Under a hated [woman] for she will be married and a female servant for she will dispossess mistress her.
24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Four [things] they [are] small [things] of [the] earth and they [are] wise [things] made wise.
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their meat in the summer;
The ants [are] a people not strong and they prepared in the summer food their.
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Rock badgers [are] a people not mighty and they made in the rock[s] home their.
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
A king not [belongs] to the locust and it went out dividing all of it.
28 The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings’ palaces,
A lizard in [two] hands you will grasp and it [is] in [the] palaces of a king.
29 There be three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:
Three [things] they [are] doing well of step and four [things] [are] doing well to walk.
30 The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
A lion [is] mighty among the animal[s] and not it turns back from before anything.
31 The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.
A rooster of loins or a male goat and a king a band of soldiers with him.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
If you have been foolish by exalting yourself and if you have plotted hand to a mouth.
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.
For squeezing of milk it brings forth butter and squeezing of a nose it brings forth blood and squeezing of anger it brings forth strife.
