Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
These
are
the words of Agur son of Jakeh —
the burden
that
this
man declared
to
Ithiel :
“I
am
weary
, O
God,
and worn
out.
The words of Agur the
son of Jakeh ;
The oracle.
The
man saith
unto
Ithiel, unto
Ithiel
and Ucal:
Surely I am the
most
ignorant
of
men
, and I
lack
the understanding of a man .
Surely I am more
brutish
than
any
man
, And have
not
the understanding of a man ;
I have not learned wisdom, and
I
have no
knowledge of the Holy One.
And
I have not learned wisdom, Neither
have I
the
knowledge of the Holy One.
Who has
ascended to
heaven and come
down
? Who has
gathered the wind in His hands
? Who has
bound up
the waters in His cloak
? Who has
established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the
name
of
His Son—
surely
you
know!
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?
Every word of God is flawless;
He is a shield to
those
who
take refuge in Him.
Every word of God is tried:
He is a shield unto
them
that
take refuge in him.
Do
not
add to
His words, lest He rebuke
you
and prove
you
a liar.
Add thou
not
unto
his words, Lest he reprove
thee,
and thou
be
found
a liar.
Two things I ask
of You—
do
not
refuse
me before I die:
Two things have
I asked
of thee;
Deny
me `them'
not
before I die:
Keep
falsehood
and
deceitful
words
far from me .
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread
that is my
portion.
Remove
far from me falsehood
and
lies;
Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food
that is needful
for
me:
Otherwise,
I may
have
too
much
and deny You
, saying
, ‘
Who is the
LORD
? ’
Or I may
become
poor and steal, profaning
the name of my God.
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.
Do
not
slander a servant to
his master, or
he will
curse you
, and you
will
bear
the
guilt
.
Slander not
a servant unto
his master, Lest
he curse thee
, and thou
be
held
guilty
.
There is a generation of
those
who
curse their fathers
and do
not
bless their mothers
.
There is a generation that
curse their father,
And bless not
their mother
.
There is a generation of
those
who
are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed
of
their filth
.
There is a generation that
are pure in their own eyes ,
And `
yet '
are
not
washed
from
their filthiness
.
There is a generation —
how haughty
are their eyes and pretentious
are
their glances—
There is a generation ,
oh
how lofty
are their eyes !
And their eyelids
are
lifted
up.
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose
jaws
are
knives, devouring
the oppressed
from the earth and the needy from among men.
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.
The leech
has
two daughters :
Give and
Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never
say, ‘
Enough !’
:
The horseleach
hath
two daughters ,
`crying',
Give ,
give. There are three things that are never satisfied, `Yea',
four that say not
, Enough:
Sheol ,
the barren womb ,
land
never
satisfied with water ,
and fire that never
says
, ‘
Enough !’
Sheol ;
and
the barren womb ;
The
earth
that
is
not
satisfied with water ;
And the
fire that saith
not
, Enough .
As
for
the eye that mocks
a
father and scorns
obedience
to a
mother, may
the ravens of the valley pluck
it out and young vultures
devour
it.
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.
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that
I cannot
understand
:
There are three things which
are
too wonderful for me, Yea,
four which
I know
not
:
the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake
on
a rock ,
the way of a ship at
sea ,
and the way of a man with a maiden.
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.
This
is the way of an adulteress:
She eats
and wipes
her mouth and says
, ‘
I have done nothing
wrong
. ’
So
is the way of an adulterous
woman;
She eateth,
and wipeth
her mouth ,
And saith
, I have done no
wickedness
.
Under
three things the earth trembles
, under
four it cannot bear up
:
For
three things the earth doth
tremble
, And
for
four ,
`which'
it cannot bear:
a servant who
becomes
king ,
a fool who
is filled with food ,
For
a servant when
he
is
king ;
And
a fool when
he
is filled with food ;
an unloved
woman who
marries,
and a maidservant
who
supplants
her mistress.
For
an odious
woman when
she
is
married;
And a handmaid
that
is
heir
to
her mistress.
Four things on
earth
are small
, yet
they are exceedingly
wise:
There
are
four things which
are little
upon
the
earth
, But
they are exceeding
wise:
The ants are creatures
of
little
strength
, yet they store
up
their food in the summer;
The ants are a
people
not
strong
, Yet they provide
their food in the summer;
the rock
badgers
are creatures
of
little
power
, yet they
make their homes
in the rocks;
The conies
are but
a
feeble
folk
, Yet make they
their houses
in the rocks;
the locusts have no king, yet they all advance
in
formation
;
The locusts have no king, Yet go
they forth
all of
them
by
bands
;
and
the lizard can
be
caught
in
one’s
hands, yet it
is found
in the
palaces
of
kings.
The lizard taketh
hold
with
her
hands, Yet is she
in kings '
palaces
.
There are three things that
are stately in their stride
, and
four that
are impressive
in their
walk
:
There are three things which
are stately in their march
, Yea,
four which
are stately
in going
:
a
lion, mighty
among beasts, refusing
to
retreat
before
anything
;
The
lion, which
is
mightiest
among beasts, And
turneth
not
away
for
any
;
a
strutting
rooster
; a
he-goat; and a
king with
his
army
around
him
.
The
greyhound
; the
he-goat also
; And the
king against
whom
there
is
no
rising
up
.
If you
have
foolishly exalted
yourself
or if you
have
plotted
evil, put
your
hand over
your
mouth.
If thou
hast
done
foolishly in
lifting
up
thyself,
Or if thou
hast
thought
evil, `Lay'
thy
hand upon
thy
mouth.
For as
the churning of milk yields
butter, and the twisting
of the nose draws
blood ,
so the stirring
of anger
brings
forth strife. ”
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.
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