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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 30 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/29.htm" title="Proverbs 29">◄</a> Proverbs 30 <a href="../proverbs/31.htm" title="Proverbs 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Words of Agur</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.1" class="v20_30_1">1</span>These are the solemn words of Agur son of Jakeh:</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_1">“God is not with me, God is not with me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_1">and I am helpless.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.30.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.2" class="v20_30_2">2</span>I am more like an animal than a human being;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_2">I do not have the sense we humans should have.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.3" class="v20_30_3">3</span>I have never learned any wisdom,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_3">and I know nothing at all about God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.4" class="v20_30_4">4</span>Have any ever mastered heavenly knowledge?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_4">Have any ever caught the wind in their hands?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_4">Or wrapped up water in a piece of cloth?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_30_4">Or fixed the boundaries of the earth?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_4">Who are they, if you know? Who are their children?</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.5" class="v20_30_5">5</span>“God keeps every promise he makes. He is like a shield for all who seek his protection. </span><span class="v20_30_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.6" class="v20_30_6">6</span>If you claim that he said something that he never said, he will reprimand you and show that you are a liar.”</span></p><h3 class="s">More Proverbs</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.7" class="v20_30_7">7</span>I ask you, God, to let me have two things before I die: </span><span class="v20_30_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.8" class="v20_30_8">8</span>keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need. </span><span class="v20_30_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.9" class="v20_30_9">9</span>If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.10" class="v20_30_10">10</span>Never criticize servants to their master. You will be cursed and suffer for it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.11" class="v20_30_11">11</span>There are people who curse their fathers and do not show their appreciation for their mothers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.12" class="v20_30_12">12</span>There are people who think they are pure when they are as filthy as they can be.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.13" class="v20_30_13">13</span>There are people who think they are so good—oh, how good they think they are!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.14" class="v20_30_14">14</span>There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.15" class="v20_30_15">15</span>A leech has two daughters, and both are named “Give me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_15">There are four things that are never satisfied:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.16" class="v20_30_16">16</span>the world of the dead,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_16">a woman without children,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_16">dry ground that needs rain,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_16">and a fire burning out of control.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.17" class="v20_30_17">17</span>If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age,<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.30.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.18" class="v20_30_18">18</span>There are four things that are too mysterious for me to understand:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.19" class="v20_30_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.30.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> an eagle flying in the sky,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_19">a snake moving on a rock,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_19">a ship finding its way over the sea,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_19">and a man and a woman falling in love.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.20" class="v20_30_20">20</span>This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, takes a bath, and says, “But I haven't done anything wrong!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.21" class="v20_30_21">21</span>There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.22" class="v20_30_22">22</span>a slave who becomes a king,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_22">a fool who has all he wants to eat,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.23" class="v20_30_23">23</span>a hateful woman who gets married,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_23">and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.24" class="v20_30_24">24</span>There are four animals in the world that are small, but very, very clever:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.25" class="v20_30_25">25</span>Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.26" class="v20_30_26">26</span>Rock badgers: they are not strong either, but they make their homes among the rocks.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.27" class="v20_30_27">27</span>Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_28"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.28" class="v20_30_28">28</span>Lizards: you can hold one in your hand, but you can find them in palaces.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_29"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.29" class="v20_30_29">29</span>There are four things that are impressive to watch as they walk:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_30"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.30" class="v20_30_30">30</span>lions, strongest of all animals and afraid of none;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_31"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.31" class="v20_30_31">31</span>goats, strutting roosters,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_30_31">and kings in front of their people.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.30.31!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_30_32"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.32" class="v20_30_32">32</span>If you have been foolish enough to be arrogant and plan evil, stop and think! </span><span class="v20_30_33"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.30.33" class="v20_30_33">33</span>If you churn milk, you get butter. If you hit someone's nose, it bleeds. If you stir up anger, you get into trouble.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.1: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">“God … helpless; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.17: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mother in her old age; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mother's obedience.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">30.31: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 31 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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