Chapter 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, |even| the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I |am| more brutish than |any| man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4 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?
5 Every word of God |is| pure: he |is| a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two |things| have I required of thee; deny me |them| not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 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|.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 |There is| a generation |that| curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 |There is| a generation |that are| pure in their own eyes, and |yet| is not washed from their filthiness.
13 |There is| a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 |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.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, |crying|, Give, give. There are three |things that| are never satisfied, |yea|, four |things| say not, |It is| enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth |that| is not filled with water; and the fire |that| saith not, |It is| enough.
17 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.
18 There be three |things which| are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 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.
20 Such |is| the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 For three |things| the earth is disquieted, and for four |which| it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious |woman| when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four |things which are| little upon the earth, but they |are| exceeding wise:
25 The ants |are| a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 The conies |are but| a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29 There be three |things| which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30 A lion |which is| strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom |there is| no rising up.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, |lay| thine hand upon thy mouth.
33 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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