Book of Proverbs, Chapter 30
Proverbs 30 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 30 of Proverbs—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the [a]oracle.
¶ The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: - ¶ Surely I am more 1stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man. - Neither have I learned wisdom,
Nor do I have the 2knowledge of the Holy One. - Who has 3ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the 4wind in His fists?
Who has 5wrapped the waters in [b]His garment?
Who has 6established all the ends of the earth?
What is His 7name or His son’s name?
Surely you know! - ¶ Every 8word of God is tested;
He is a 9shield to those who take refuge in Him. - 10Do not add to His words
Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar. - ¶ Two things I asked of You,
Do not refuse me before I die: - Keep deception and [c]lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the 11food that is my portion, - That I not be 12full and deny 13You and say, “Who is the LORD?”
Or that I not be 14in want and steal,
And 15profane the name of my God. - ¶ Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will 16curse you and you will be found guilty. - ¶ There is a [d]kind of man who 17curses his father
And does not bless his mother. - There is a [e]kind who is 18pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness. - There is a [f]kind—oh how 19lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance. - There is a [g]kind of man whose 20teeth are like swords
And his 21jaw teeth like knives,
To 22devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men. - ¶ The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”: - [h]23Sheol, and the 24barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.” - The eye that 25mocks a father
And [i]26scorns a mother,
The 27ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young 28eagles will eat it. - ¶ There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand: - The way of an 29eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid. - This is the way of an 30adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.” - ¶ Under three things the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot bear up: - Under a 31slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food, - Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. - ¶ Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise: - The 32ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer; - The [j]33shephanim are not mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks; - The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in 34ranks; - The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces. - ¶ There are three things which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk: - The lion which is 35mighty among beasts
And does not [k]36retreat before any, - The [l]strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him. - ¶ If you have been foolish in exalting yourself
Or if you have plotted evil, 37put your hand on your mouth. - For the [m]churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the [n]churning of 38anger produces strife.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or burden
- ^ Lit the
- ^ Lit words of falsehood
- ^ Or generation
- ^ Or generation
- ^ Or generation
- ^ Or generation
- ^ I.e. The nether world
- ^ Lit despises to obey
- ^ Small, shy, furry animals (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and the region round the Dead Sea; KJV coney, orig NASB badgers
- ^ Lit turn back
- ^ Lit girt in the loins
- ^ Lit pressing
- ^ Lit pressing
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 49:10; 73:22; Pr 12:1
- ^ Pr 9:10
- ^ Ps 68:18; Jn 3:13; Eph 4:8
- ^ Ex 15:10; Ps 135:7
- ^ Jb 26:8; 38:8, 9
- ^ Ps 24:2; Is 45:18
- ^ Re 19:12
- ^ Ps 12:6; 18:30
- ^ Ps 3:3; 84:11; Pr 2:7
- ^ De 4:2; 12:32; Re 22:18
- ^ Jb 23:12; Mt 6:11
- ^ De 8:12; 31:20; Ne 9:25; Ho 13:6
- ^ Jos 24:27; Jb 31:28
- ^ Pr 6:30
- ^ Ex 20:7
- ^ Ec 7:21
- ^ Ex 21:17; Pr 20:20
- ^ Pr 16:2; Is 65:5; Lu 18:11; Ti 1:15, 16
- ^ Pr 6:17; Is 2:11; 5:15
- ^ Ps 57:4
- ^ Jb 29:17
- ^ Ps 14:4; Am 8:4
- ^ Pr 27:20
- ^ Ge 30:1
- ^ Ge 9:22
- ^ Pr 15:20
- ^ De 28:26
- ^ De 28:26
- ^ De 28:49; Je 48:40; 49:22
- ^ Pr 5:6
- ^ Pr 19:10; Ec 10:7
- ^ Pr 6:6
- ^ Le 11:5; Ps 104:18
- ^ Jl 2:7
- ^ Jg 14:18; 2Sa 1:23
- ^ Mc 5:8
- ^ Jb 21:5; 40:4; Mc 7:16
- ^ Pr 10:12; 29:22
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