Rotherham - Proverbs - 30

30:1  The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle,—The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.

30:2  Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;

30:3  Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.

30:4  Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

30:5  Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

30:6  Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.

30:7  Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

30:8  Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:

30:9  Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

30:10  Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

30:11  A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

30:12  A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

30:13  A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.

30:14  A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors,—to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

30:15  The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!

30:16  Hades, and barrenness,—A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!

30:17  The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

30:18  Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:

30:19  The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock,—the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

30:20  So, is the way of a woman committing adultery,—she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!

30:21  Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

30:22  Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;

30:23  Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.

30:24  Four, things there are, the small of the earth,—yet, they, are wiser than the wise:

30:25  The ants, a people, not strong,—yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

30:26  The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

30:27  King, is there none, to, the locusts,—yet go forth in swarms, do they all;

30:28  The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold,—yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.

30:29  Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:

30:30  The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

30:31  The greyhound, or the he-goat,—and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.

30:32  If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up,—if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!

30:33  Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, bringeth forth strife.