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Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a 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! <a href="/nlt/proverbs/30.htm">New Living Translation</a> Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name—and his son’s name? Tell me if you know! <a href="/esv/proverbs/30.htm">English Standard Version</a> Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know! <a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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! <a href="/kjv/proverbs/30.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/proverbs/30.htm">New King James Version</a> Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, If you know? <a href="/nasb_/proverbs/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son’s name? Surely you know! <a href="/nasb/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1995</a> Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son&#8217s name? Surely you know! <a href="/nasb77/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son’s name? Surely you know! <a href="/lsb/proverbs/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name? And what is His Son’s name? Surely you know! <a href="/amp/proverbs/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name? Certainly you know! <a href="/csb/proverbs/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son — if you know? <a href="/hcsb/proverbs/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— if you know? <a href="/asv/proverbs/30.htm">American Standard Version</a> Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? <a href="/cev/proverbs/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Has anyone gone up to heaven and come back down? Has anyone grabbed hold of the wind? Has anyone wrapped up the sea or marked out boundaries for the earth? If you know of any who have done such things, then tell me their names and their children's names. <a href="/erv/proverbs/30.htm">English Revised Version</a> Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in his garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? <a href="/gwt/proverbs/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in the palm of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has set up the earth from one end to the other? What is his name or the name of his son? Certainly, you must know! <a href="/gnt/proverbs/30.htm">Good News Translation</a> Have any ever mastered heavenly knowledge? Have any ever caught the wind in their hands? Or wrapped up water in a piece of cloth? Or fixed the boundaries of the earth? Who are they, if you know? Who are their children? <a href="/isv/proverbs/30.htm">International Standard Version</a> Who has ascended to heaven, and then descended? Who has collected the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in a garment? Who has established all the farthest points of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know! <a href="/msb/proverbs/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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! <a href="/net/proverbs/30.htm">NET Bible</a> Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? 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 his son's name?--if you know! <a href="/nheb/proverbs/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established every part of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know? <a href="/wbt/proverbs/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who hath ascended 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? <a href="/web/proverbs/30.htm">World English Bible</a> Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/proverbs/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know! <a href="/ylt/proverbs/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? 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! <a href="/slt/proverbs/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who went up to the heavens, and came down? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what his name and what his son's name, if thou shalt know?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/proverbs/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest? <a href="/cpdv/proverbs/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know? <a href="/nabre/proverbs/30.htm">New American Bible</a> Who has gone up to heaven and come down again— who has cupped the wind in the hollow of the hand? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak— who has established all the ends of the earth? What is that person’s name, or the name of his son?” <a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is the person’s name? And what is the name of the person’s child? Surely you know!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Tell me, Who has ascended up into heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a handkerchief? Who has established all the borders of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell? <a href="/hpbt/proverbs/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> He said to me: "Who went up to Heaven and came down, and who is holding the wind in his palms? Who has bound the waters in a napkin and who has established all the ends of the Earth? What is his Name, and what is his Son's Name, if you know?"<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/proverbs/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? <a href="/sep/proverbs/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children? <a href="/parallel/proverbs/30-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=6157" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">The Words of Agur</a> …3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. 4<a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">has ascended</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šā·ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">to heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: way·yê·raḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">and come down?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ’ā·sap̄- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">has gathered</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">the wind</a> <a href="/hebrew/2651.htm" title="2651: bə·ḥā·p̄ə·nāw (Prep-b:: N-mdc:: 3ms) -- The hollow of the hand. From an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist.">in His hands?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣā·rar- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">has bound up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/8071.htm" title="8071: baś·śim·lāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A wrapper, mantle. Perhaps by permutation for the feminine of cemel; a dress, especially a mantle.">in His cloak?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: hê·qîm (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">has established</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/657.htm" title="657: ’ap̄·sê- (Adv) -- From 'aphec; cessation, i.e. An end; often used adverb, no further; also the ankle, as being the extremity of the leg or foot.">the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">is His name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: ū·mah- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">and what</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šem- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">is the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of His Son—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: ṯê·ḏā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">you know!</a> 5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. <a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4-5</a> Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? <a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2-3</a> He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, / laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12</a> Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? <a href="/john/8-23.htm">John 8:23</a> Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. <a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Ephesians 4:9-10</a> What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? / He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. <a href="/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8-10</a> He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. / He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. / He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. <a href="/psalms/68-33.htm">Psalm 68:33-34</a> to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds. / Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies. <a href="/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6-7</a> But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) / or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2-3</a> But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. / The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a> For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a> Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. <a href="/psalms/89-6.htm">Psalm 89:6-7</a> For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? / In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?who hath ascended<a href="/deuteronomy/30-12.htm">Deuteronomy 30:12</a> It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?<a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.<a href="/romans/10-6.htm">Romans 10:6</a> But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)who hath gathered<a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4</a> Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.<a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2</a> Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:<a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a> Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.what is his name<a href="/genesis/32-29.htm">Genesis 32:29</a> And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.<a href="/judges/13-18.htm">Judges 13:18</a> And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?<a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a> I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-14.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/psalms/133-3.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-14.htm">Established</a> <a href="/mark/14-65.htm">Fists</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-13.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-33.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-3.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-25.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-16.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Wrapped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/songs/7-5.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/songs/5-7.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/songs/6-5.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Established</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-6.htm">Fists</a> <a href="/songs/5-3.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-1.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-7.htm">Wrapped</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 30</div>1. <a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">Agur's confession of his faith</a> 7. <a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm">The two points of his prayer</a> 10. <a href="/proverbs/30-10.htm">The meanest are not to be wronged</a> 11. <a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm">Four wicked generations</a> 15. <a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm">Four things insatiable</a> 24. <a href="/proverbs/30-24.htm">four things exceeding wise</a> 29. <a href="/proverbs/30-29.htm">Four things stately</a> 32. <a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm">Wrath is to be prevented</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Who has ascended to heaven and come down? This phrase suggests a divine being with authority over the heavens and earth. In biblical context, only God is described as having such power and knowledge. This can be connected to <a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a>, where Jesus speaks of the Son of Man who has ascended and descended from heaven, indicating His divine origin and authority.Who has gathered the wind in His hands? The imagery of gathering the wind signifies control over creation, a power attributed to God alone. In <a href="/job/38-24.htm">Job 38:24</a>, God questions Job about the paths of the wind, emphasizing His sovereignty over nature. This phrase highlights God's omnipotence and mastery over the elements.Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Binding the waters suggests containment and control over the chaotic forces of nature, reminiscent of God's actions in <a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">Genesis 1:6-10</a> during the creation. This imagery is also seen in <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6-9</a>, where God sets boundaries for the waters, further illustrating His authority over creation.Who has established all the ends of the earth? This phrase underscores God's role as the Creator who has laid the foundations of the earth. <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a> speaks of the everlasting God who created the ends of the earth, reinforcing the idea of His eternal power and wisdom in establishing the world.What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know! The mention of both a name and a Son points to a deeper revelation of God's nature. In the Old Testament, God's name is often associated with His character and deeds. The reference to His Son can be seen as a prophetic hint of the Messiah, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a> and <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a>, where God acknowledges Jesus as His beloved Son. This phrase invites reflection on the identity and relationship between God and His Son, a mystery revealed in the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/agur.htm">Agur</a> The author of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">Proverbs 30</a>, Agur is a figure about whom little is known, but he is traditionally considered a wise man or sage. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The dwelling place of God, often seen as the realm above the earth. 3. <a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth</a> The physical world created by God, encompassing all creation. 4. <a href="/topical/w/wind_and_waters.htm">Wind and Waters</a> Elements of creation that demonstrate God's power and control over nature. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god_and_his_son.htm">God and His Son</a> The passage hints at a divine relationship, pointing to God the Father and His Son, which Christians interpret as a reference to Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Recognize that God alone has the power to control the elements and establish the earth. This should lead us to trust in His supreme authority over our lives. <a href="/topical/d/divine_mystery.htm">Divine Mystery</a> The rhetorical questions in this verse highlight the mystery and majesty of God. We should approach God with humility, acknowledging that His ways are higher than ours. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_divinity.htm">Christ's Divinity</a> The mention of "His Son" points to the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ. Understanding Christ's divine nature should deepen our faith and commitment to Him. <a href="/topical/h/human_limitation.htm">Human Limitation</a> The questions posed by Agur remind us of our limitations and the need for divine wisdom. We should seek God's guidance in all aspects of life. <a href="/topical/w/worship_and_awe.htm">Worship and Awe</a> Reflecting on God's power and creation should lead us to worship Him with awe and reverence, recognizing His greatness and our dependence on Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 30</a> <a href="/q/how_does_science_challenge_proverbs_30_4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 speaks of God gathering the wind and establishing Earth’s ends; how does modern science challenge this creation claim? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_his_son's_name.htm">What is his son's name?</a> <a href="/q/were_adam_and_eve_first,_or_cavemen.htm">What is his son's name?</a> <a href="/q/was_jonah's_storm_divinely_sent.htm">Jonah 1:4 – How plausible is it that a sudden storm was divinely sent precisely to target Jonah’s fleeing ship? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Who hath ascended up into heaven . . .--The reason of Agur's sadness is here declared. He feels himself far off from possessing anything that may be called knowledge of God or of His works. (Comp. <a href="/galatians/4-9.htm" title="But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto you desire again to be in bondage?">Galatians 4:9</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm" title="For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.">1Corinthians 13:12</a>.) The questions in this verse are intended to bring out the nothingness of man as compared with the might of the Creator of the Universe; they resemble Job 38-41, and <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm" title="Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?">Isaiah 40:12</a> sqq.Who hath bound the waters in a garment?--Stretching out the clouds as a "curtain" (<a href="/psalms/104-2.htm" title="Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain:">Psalm 104:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm" title="It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:">Isaiah 40:22</a>), to keep the rain from falling upon the earth. (Comp. <a href="/job/26-8.htm" title="He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.">Job 26:8</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - The questions contained in this verse are such as compelled Agur to acknowledge his ignorance and nothingness before the thought of the glory and power of the great Creator. We may compare <a href="/job/38.htm">Job 38</a>, etc. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who is he that hath his seat in heaven, and doeth works on earth? Who is he whose universal providence is felt and experienced? Where is this mysterious Being who hides himself from human ken? Christ has said something like this, "No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven" (<a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a>); and St. Paul (<a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Ephesians 4:9</a>). In biblical language God is said to come down from heaven in order to punish, to aid, to reveal his will, etc. (<a href="/genesis/11-7.htm">Genesis 11:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/18-9.htm">Psalm 18:9</a>, etc.); and he returns to heaven when this intervention is finished (<a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">Genesis 17:22</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-13.htm">Genesis 35:13</a>). Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath the control of the viewless wind, so as to restrain it or release it at his pleasure? (<a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Psalm 135:7</a>; <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Amos 4:13</a>). Septuagint, "Who hath gathered the winds in his bosom (κόλῳ)?" Who hath bound the waters in a garment? The waters are the clouds which cover the vault of heaven, and are held, as it were, in a garment, so that, in spite of the weight which they contain, they fall not upon the earth. As Job says (<a href="/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8</a>), "He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them." And again (<a href="/job/38-37.htm">Job 38:37</a>), "Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven?" So the psalmist, "Thou coveredst it [the earth] with the deep as with a vesture" (<a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6</a>). (See above, <a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm">Proverbs 8:27</a>, etc.) Who hath established all the ends of the earth? Who hath consolidated the foundations, and defined the limits, of the remotest regions of the earth? (comp. <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4</a>, etc.). The answer to these four questions is "Almighty God." He alone can order and control the forces of nature. What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? or, if thou knowest. It is not enough to acknowledge the power and operation and providence of this mysterious Being; Agur longs to know more of his nature, his essence. He must have personality; he is not an abstraction, a force, a quality; he is a Person. What, then, is his name, the name which expresses what he is in himself? Men have different appellations for this Supreme Being, according as they regard one or other of his attributes: is there one name that comprehends all, which gives an adequate account of the incomprehensible Creator? The question cannot be answered affirmatively in this life. "We know that if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is" (<a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a>). The further question, "What is his son's name?" has given some difficulty. The LXX. has, "What is the name of his children (τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτοῦ)?" as if there was reference to Israel, the special children of God. But the original does not bear out this interpretation, which is also opposed to the idea of the enigma proposed. The inquiry might mean - Are we to apply to the Supreme Being the same notion of natural relationship with which we are familiar in the human family? But this seems a low and unworthy conception. Or the "son" might be primeval man (<a href="/job/15-7.htm">Job 15:7</a>) or the sage; but the answer would not be satisfactory, and would not tend to solve the great question. There are two replies which can be made to Agur's interrogation. Looking to the marvellous description of Wisdom in <a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm">Proverbs 8:22</a>, etc., we may consider Wisdom to be a denotation of the Son of God, and the inquirer desires to know the name and nature of this personage, of whose existence he was certified. Or he may have arrived at a knowledge of the only begotten Son of God, as the idea of the Logos is more or less developed in the Book of Wisdom, in Philo's treatises, and in the Alexandrian school; and longs for more perfect knowledge. This, indeed, is hidden: "He hath name written, which no one knoweth but he himself" (<a href="/revelation/19-12.htm">Revelation 19:12</a>). It is useless to put such question to a fellow man; no human mind can fathom the nature of the Godhead, or trace out its operations (Ecclus. 18:4, etc.). <a href="/commentaries/proverbs/30-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Who מִ֤י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has ascended עָלָֽה־ (‘ā·lāh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively to heaven שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky and come down? וַיֵּרַ֡ד (way·yê·raḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend Who מִ֤י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has gathered אָֽסַף־ (’ā·sap̄-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove the wind ר֨וּחַ ׀ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit in His hands? בְּחָפְנָ֡יו (bə·ḥā·p̄ə·nāw) Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2651.htm">Strong's 2651: </a> The hollow of the hand Who מִ֤י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has bound up צָֽרַר־ (ṣā·rar-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped the waters מַ֨יִם ׀ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen in His cloak? בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗ה (baś·śim·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8071.htm">Strong's 8071: </a> A dress, a mantle Who מִ֭י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix has established הֵקִ֣ים (hê·qîm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the ends אַפְסֵי־ (’ap̄·sê-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_657.htm">Strong's 657: </a> Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot of the earth? אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what is His name, שְּׁמ֥וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name and what וּמַֽה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what is the name שֶּׁם־ (šem-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name of His Son? בְּ֝נ֗וֹ (bə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son surely כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you know! תֵדָֽע׃ (ṯê·ḏā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended up into heaven (Prov. 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