Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
The
words of Agur
the
son of Jakeh
, even
the prophecy:
the man spake
unto
Ithiel
, even
unto
Ithiel
and
Ucal
,
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 more brutish than any man
, and have not the understanding of a man.
For
I am more brutish than any one
, And have not the understanding of a man.
I neither
learned wisdom, nor
have
the knowledge of the
holy.
Nor
have
I learned wisdom, Yet
the knowledge of Holy Ones
I
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
?
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
pure:
he
is a shield unto
them
that
put
their
trust
in him.
Every saying
of God `
is '
tried,
A shield He
`is'
to
those
trusting
in Him.
Add thou
not unto
his words, lest he reprove
thee, and thou be
found a
liar
.
Add not to
His words, lest He reason
with
thee, And thou hast
been
found false
.
Two things have
I required
of
thee ;
deny
me
them
not before I die :
Two things I have
asked
from
Thee ,
Withhold
not from
me
before I die .
Remove
far
from
me
vanity and lies:
give
me neither
poverty nor
riches;
feed
me with
food
convenient
for
me :
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,
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
.
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.
Accuse not a servant unto his master
, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty.
Accuse not a servant unto his lord
, Lest he disesteem
thee, and thou be found guilty.
There
is
a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not bless their
mother
.
A generation `is',
that lightly
esteemeth
their father, And their
mother
doth not bless.
There
is
a generation that
are
pure in their own eyes, and
yet
is
not
washed
from their filthiness
.
A generation --
pure in their own eyes, But
from their own
filth
not
washed
.
There
is
a generation ,
O
how lofty
are their eyes !
and
their eyelids are lifted up.
A generation --
how high
are their eyes ,
Yea,
their eyelids are lifted up.
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 --
swords `are'
their
teeth
, And knives
--
their jaw -
teeth, To consume
the poor from earth, And the needy from `
among '
men.
The horseleach
hath
two daughters, crying,
Give, give .
There
are
three things that
are never
satisfied, yea,
four things
say
not ,
It
is
enough:
To
the leech
`are'
two daughters, `
Give, give ,
Lo,
three things are not
satisfied, Four have
not said
`Sufficiency;'
The
grave;
and the
barren
womb ;
the
earth that
is not filled
with water ;
and the
fire that
saith
not, It
is
enough.
Sheol,
and a
restrained
womb ,
Earth --
it
`
is '
not satisfied
`
with '
water ,
And fire --
it
hath
not said
, `Sufficiency,'
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 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
be
three things which
are
too wonderful for me, yea, four which
I know
not:
Three things have
been
too wonderful for me, Yea, four that
I have
not known
:
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 serpent on
a rock ,
The way of a ship in the heart
of the sea ,
And the way of a man in
youth
.
Such
is
the way of an adulterous woman ;
she
eateth
, and wipeth
her mouth, and saith
, I have done no
wickedness
.
So
--
the way of an adulterous woman, She
hath
eaten
and hath
wiped
her mouth, And hath
said
, `
I have not
done iniquity
. '
For three things the
earth is
disquieted
, and for four which
it cannot
bear:
For three things hath
earth been
troubled
, And for four --
it is
not
able
to
bear:
For a servant when he reigneth ;
and a fool when he is filled
with meat;
For a servant when he reigneth ,
And a fool when he is satisfied
with bread,
For an
odious
woman
when she is
married;
and an
handmaid
that
is
heir
to
her mistress.
For a
hated
one
when she ruleth,
And a
maid-servant
when
she
succeedeth
her mistress.
There
be
four things
which
are little upon
the
earth, but
they are exceeding
wise:
Four `
are '
little ones
of
earth, And
they are made
wiser
than
the
wise:
The ants are a people not strong, yet
they prepare their
meat
in the
summer ;
The ants `
are '
a people not strong, And
they prepare in summer their
food,
The
conies are but
a feeble
folk
, yet
make
they their
houses
in the
rocks;
Conies `
are '
a people
not
strong
, And
they place
in a
rock
their
house,
The
locusts
have
no
king, yet
go
they
forth
all
of
them
by
bands;
A
king there
is
not
to
the
locust
, And
it
goeth
out
--
each
one
shouting,
The
spider taketh
hold
with her
hands, and is in kings'
palaces.
A
spider with two
hands taketh
hold
, And is in the
palaces of
a
king
.
There
be
three things
which
go
well, yea, four are comely
in going:
Three there
are
going
well, Yea, four are good
in going:
A
lion which
is
strongest
among beasts, and
turneth not away
for
any ;
An
old
lion --
mighty
among beasts, That
turneth not back
from
the
face
of
any ,
A greyhound;
an
he goat also;
and a king ,
against
whom
there
is
no rising up.
A girt
one
of
the
loins,
or
a
he -
goat ,
And a king --
no rising up with
him
.
If thou hast done
foolishly
in lifting up thyself, or
if thou hast thought
evil ,
lay
thine
hand upon
thy
mouth .
If thou hast been
foolish
in lifting up thyself, And
if thou hast devised
evil --
hand to
mouth !
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 .
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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