Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
.
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
.
Surely
I am the
most
ignorant
of
men
, and I
lack
the understanding of a man.
For
I am more
brutish
than
any
one
, And have
not
the understanding of a man.
I
have not
learned wisdom, and
I
have
no
knowledge of the
Holy One
.
Nor
have I
learned wisdom, Yet
the
knowledge of Holy Ones
I
know
.
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 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
!
Every word
of God is
flawless;
He
is a shield to those who
take
refuge
in Him.
Every saying
of God `
is '
tried,
A shield He
`is'
to those trusting
in Him.
Do
not
add to His words, lest He rebuke
you
and prove
you
a
liar
.
Add not
to His words, lest He reason
with
thee,
And thou
hast
been
found
false
.
Two things I ask
of
You—
do
not refuse
me before I die :
Two things I have
asked
from
Thee,
Withhold
not from
me 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 .
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 ,
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 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.
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 lord
, Lest
he disesteem
thee
, and thou
be
found
guilty
.
There
is
a generation of
those
who
curse
their fathers
and do
not bless their
mothers
.
A generation `is',
that
lightly
esteemeth
their father,
And their
mother
doth
not bless.
There
is
a generation of
those
who
are
pure in their own eyes and
yet
unwashed
of
their filth.
A generation --
pure in their own eyes ,
But
from
their own
filth not
washed
.
There
is
a generation —
how haughty
are their eyes and
pretentious
are
their glances—
A generation --
how high
are their eyes ,
Yea,
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.
A generation --
swords `
are '
their
teeth,
And
knives --
their
jaw-teeth
, To
consume
the poor
from 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!’:
To
the leech `are'
two daughters ,
`
Give ,
give ,
Lo,
three things are not
satisfied, Four have
not
said
`Sufficiency;'
Sheol, the
barren
womb, land
never
satisfied with water, and fire that
never
says
, ‘Enough!’
Sheol, and
a
restrained
womb, Earth
--
it
`is'
not
satisfied `
with '
water, And fire --
it
hath
not
said
, `Sufficiency,'
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.
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
.
There
are
three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot
understand
:
Three things have
been
too wonderful for me, Yea,
four that I have
not
known
:
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 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
.
This
is
the way of an adulteress:
She eats
and wipes
her mouth and says
, ‘
I have done nothing
wrong
. ’
So
--
the way of an adulterous
woman,
She hath
eaten
and hath
wiped
her mouth ,
And hath
said
, `
I have not
done iniquity
. '
Under
three things the
earth trembles
, under
four it cannot
bear up
:
For
three things hath
earth been
troubled
, And
for
four --
it is
not
able
to
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 satisfied
with bread
,
an
unloved
woman
who
marries
, and a maidservant
who
supplants
her mistress.
For
a
hated
one
when
she
ruleth
, And a maid-servant
when
she
succeedeth
her mistress.
Four things
on
earth
are small
, yet
they are exceedingly
wise:
Four `
are '
little
ones
of
earth
, And
they are made
wiser
than
the
wise:
The ants are creatures
of
little
strength
, yet
they store
up
their
food
in the
summer ;
The ants `
are '
a
people
not
strong
, And
they prepare
in summer their
food,
the
rock
badgers
are creatures
of
little
power
, yet
they make
their
homes
in the
rocks;
Conies
`
are '
a
people
not
strong
, And
they place
in a
rock
their
house,
the
locusts
have
no
king, yet
they
all
advance
in
formation;
A
king there
is
not
to
the
locust
, And
it
goeth
out
--
each
one
shouting,
and
the
lizard
can
be
caught
in
one’s
hands, yet
it
is found
in the palaces of kings
.
A
spider
with
two
hands taketh
hold
, And
is in the palaces of a
king
.
There
are
three things
that
are stately
in
their
stride
, and
four that
are impressive
in their
walk
:
Three there
are going
well
, Yea,
four are good
in going
:
a
lion ,
mighty among beasts, refusing
to
retreat
before
anything;
An
old
lion --
mighty among beasts, That
turneth
not
back
from
the
face
of
any,
a strutting
rooster;
a he-goat ;
and a king with his
army
around
him.
A girt
one
of
the
loins,
or
a he-goat ,
And a king --
no
rising
up
with him.
If you
have
foolishly
exalted
yourself
or
if you
have
plotted
evil ,
put
your
hand over
your
mouth .
If thou
hast
been
foolish
in
lifting
up
thyself,
And
if thou
hast
devised
evil --
hand to
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
out
butter, And the wringing
of the nose bringeth
out
blood, And
the forcing
of anger bringeth
out
strife !
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