Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James 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 ,
even
the prophecy:
the
man spake
unto
Ithiel, even
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
.
I neither
learned wisdom, nor
have the
knowledge of the holy.
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 ,
or
descended
? who hath
gathered the wind in his fists
? who hath
bound the waters in a
garment
? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's
name,
if
thou
canst
tell?
Every word of God is flawless;
He is a shield to
those
who
take
refuge
in Him.
Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto
them
that
put
their
trust
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 required
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 vanity
and
lies:
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food
convenient
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 the LORD? or lest
I be
poor ,
and steal, and
take
the name of my God in
vain
.
Do
not slander
a servant to
his master, or
he will
curse you
, and you
will
bear
the
guilt
.
Accuse
not a servant unto
his master, lest
he curse thee
, and thou
be
found
guilty
.
There is a generation of
those
who
curse
their fathers
and do
not bless their mothers
.
There is a generation that
curseth
their father,
and doth
not bless 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 is
not
washed
from
their filthiness
.
There is a generation —
how haughty
are their eyes and pretentious
are
their glances—
There is a generation ,
O
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 things
say not
, It
is
enough:
Sheol,
the barren womb ,
land
never
satisfied
with water ,
and fire that never
says
, ‘
Enough !’
The grave;
and
the
barren womb ;
the
earth
that
is
not
filled
with water ;
and the
fire that saith
not
, It
is
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 be
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 maid
.
This
is the way of an adulteress:
She eats
and wipes
her mouth and says
, ‘
I have done nothing
wrong
. ’
Such
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 is
disquieted
, and
for
four which
it cannot bear:
a servant who
becomes
king,
a fool who
is filled with food,
For
a servant when
he
reigneth;
and
a fool when
he
is filled with meat;
an unloved
woman who
marries,
and a
maidservant
who
supplants
her mistress.
For
an odious
woman when
she
is
married;
and an
handmaid
that
is
heir
to
her mistress.
Four things on
earth
are small
, yet
they are exceedingly
wise:
There
be
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 prepare
their meat
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 spider
taketh
hold
with
her
hands, and
is in kings '
palaces
.
There are
three things that
are
stately
in
their
stride
, and
four that
are impressive
in their
walk
:
There be
three things which
go
well
, yea,
four are comely
in going
:
a lion ,
mighty
among beasts, refusing
to
retreat
before
anything
;
A lion which
is
strongest
among beasts, and
turneth
not
away
for
any
;
a strutting
rooster
; a
he -
goat; and a king with
his
army
around
him
.
A greyhound
; an
he goat also
; and a 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
thine
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. ”
Surely
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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