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Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son’s name? Surely thou knowest!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, ‘Who [is] Jehovah?’ And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>To the leech [are] two daughters, ‘Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said ‘Sufficiency;’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire — it hath not said, ‘Sufficiency,’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, ‘I have not done iniquity.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a 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