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Proverbs 30
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1These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.
3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?
4Who 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?
5For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.
5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.
6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7Two things I ask of you; take not favor from me before I die.
7Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty ; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poorand steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of God .
9Lest 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.
10Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.
10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids .
13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
14There 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.
15The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say , Enough.
15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
17The 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.
18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19the track of a flying eagle ; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.
19The 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.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:
21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer;
25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command.
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast;
30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
32If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
33Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.
33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.