Proverbs 30:2
1 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
3 I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- KJV
- Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
- WEB
- “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
- ASV
- Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
- DARBY
- Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
- BLB
- “Surely I [am] more brutish than man, and the understanding of man [is] not unto me.
- ÅB
- Jeg er for ufornuftig til å kalles menneske; manns forstand har jeg ikke.
- OTB
- Sannelig, jeg er mer uvitende enn noen annen, og jeg mangler menneskelig forståelse.
- B1930
- Jeg er for ufornuftig til å kalles menneske; manns forstand har jeg ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextProverbs 5:12
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:2
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Read in contextRomans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:14
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
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