Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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.
The
words of Agur
the
son of Jakeh
, even
the prophecy:
the man spake
unto
Ithiel
, even
unto
Ithiel
and Ucal,
For
I am more brutish than any one
, And have not the understanding of a man.
Surely
I am more brutish than any man
, and have not the understanding of a man.
Nor
have
I learned wisdom, Yet
the knowledge of Holy Ones
I
know
.
I neither
learned wisdom, nor
have
the knowledge of the
holy.
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!
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 saying
of God `
is '
tried,
A
shield
He `
is '
to
those
trusting
in Him.
Every word
of God is pure:
he is a
shield
unto
them
that
put
their
trust
in him.
Add not to
His words, lest He reason
with
thee, And thou hast
been
found false
.
Add thou
not unto
his words, lest he reprove
thee, and thou be
found a
liar
.
Two things I
have asked
from
Thee ,
Withhold
not
from
me before I die .
Two things have I
required
of
thee ;
deny
me them
not
before I die :
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,
Remove
far from me vanity
and
lies:
give me neither
poverty
nor
riches;
feed
me with
food
convenient
for
me:
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.
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
.
Accuse not a servant unto his lord
, Lest he disesteem
thee, and thou be found guilty.
Accuse not a servant unto his master
, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty.
A generation `is',
that lightly
esteemeth
their father, And their
mother
doth not bless.
There
is
a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not bless their
mother
.
A generation --
pure in their own eyes, But
from
their
own
filth
not washed.
There
is
a generation that
are
pure in their own eyes, and
yet
is
not washed from
their
filthiness
.
A generation --
how high
are their eyes ,
Yea,
their eyelids are lifted up.
There
is
a generation ,
O
how lofty
are their eyes !
and
their eyelids are lifted up.
A generation --
swords
`are'
their
teeth, And knives
--
their jaw -
teeth, To consume
the poor from 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.
To
the leech
`are'
two daughters, `Give
, give, Lo,
three things are not
satisfied, Four have
not said
`Sufficiency;'
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,
and a
restrained
womb ,
Earth --
it
`
is '
not satisfied
`
with '
water ,
And fire --
it
hath
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.
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.
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
.
Three things have
been
too wonderful for me, Yea, four that
I have
not known
:
There
be
three things which
are
too wonderful for me, yea, four which
I know
not:
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
.
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
.
So
--
the way of an adulterous woman ,
She hath
eaten
and hath
wiped
her mouth, And hath
said
, `
I have not
done iniquity
. '
Such
is
the way of an adulterous woman ;
she eateth,
and wipeth
her mouth, and saith
, I have done no
wickedness
.
For three things hath
earth been
troubled
, And for four --
it is
not
able
to
bear:
For three things the
earth is
disquieted
, and for four which
it cannot
bear:
For a servant when he reigneth ,
And a fool when he is satisfied
with bread,
For a servant when he reigneth ;
and a fool when he is filled
with meat;
For a
hated
one
when she ruleth,
And a
maid-servant
when
she
succeedeth
her mistress.
For an
odious
woman
when she is
married;
and an
handmaid
that
is
heir
to
her mistress.
Four `
are '
little ones
of
earth, And
they are made
wiser
than
the
wise:
There
be
four things
which
are little upon
the
earth, but
they are exceeding
wise:
The ants `
are '
a people not strong, And
they prepare in summer their
food,
The ants are a people not strong, yet
they prepare their
meat
in the
summer ;
Conies `
are '
a people
not
strong
, And
they place
in
a
rock
their house,
The
conies are but
a feeble
folk
, yet
make
they their houses
in
the
rocks;
A
king
there
is
not
to
the locust,
And
it
goeth
out
--
each
one
shouting
,
The locusts
have
no
king
, yet
go
they
forth
all
of
them
by
bands;
A
spider with
two
hands
taketh hold, And is in the
palaces of
a
king
.
The
spider taketh hold with
her
hands
, and is in kings'
palaces.
Three
there are
going
well, Yea, four are good
in going:
There be
three
things
which
go
well, yea, four are comely
in going:
An
old
lion --
mighty
among beasts, That
turneth not back
from
the
face
of
any ,
A
lion which
is
strongest
among beasts, and
turneth not away
for
any ;
A girt
one
of
the
loins,
or
a
he -
goat ,
And a king --
no rising up with
him
.
A greyhound;
an
he goat also;
and a king ,
against
whom
there
is
no rising up.
If thou hast been
foolish
in lifting up thyself, And
if thou hast devised
evil --
hand to
mouth !
If thou hast done
foolishly
in lifting up thyself, or
if thou hast thought
evil ,
lay
thine
hand upon
thy
mouth .
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 !
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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