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Proverbs 30:2

HumilityWisdom

1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

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?

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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.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 73:22

    So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:18

    Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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  • Proverbs 5:12

    And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:2

    And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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  • Romans 11:25

    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

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  • Jeremiah 10:14

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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