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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/30-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, "" I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I am more brutish than anyone, "" And do not have the understanding of a man.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Nor have I learned wisdom, "" Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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!<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every saying of God [is] tried, "" He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, "" And you have been found false.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Two things I have asked from You, "" Do not withhold from me before I die.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Put vanity and a lying word far from me, "" Do not give poverty or wealth to me, "" Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,<p> <A name="10"></a><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] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, "" And have laid hold of the Name of my God.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not accuse a servant to his lord, "" Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A generation lightly esteems their father, "" And does not bless their mother.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A generation—pure in their own eyes, "" But not washed from their own filth.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A generation—how high are their eyes, "" Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A generation—their teeth [are] swords, "" And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, "" To consume the poor from earth, "" And the needy from [among] men.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, "" Four have not said “Sufficiency”;<p> <A name="17"></a><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 has not said, “Sufficiency,”<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>An eye that mocks at a father, "" And despises to obey a mother, "" Ravens of the valley dig it out, "" And young eagles eat it.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Three things have been too wonderful for me, "" Indeed, four that I have not known:<p> <A name="20"></a><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> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So—the way of an adulterous woman, "" She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, "" And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For three things has earth been troubled, "" And for four—it is not able to bear:<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For a servant when he reigns, "" And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For a hated one when she rules, "" And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.<p> <A name="25"></a><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> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ants [are] a people not strong, "" And they prepare their food in summer,<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>hyraxes [are] a people not strong, "" And they place their house in a rock,<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>There is no king to the locust, "" And it goes out—each one shouting,<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>A spider with two hands takes hold, "" And is in the palaces of a king.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>There are three going well, "" Indeed, four are good in going:<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>An old lion—mighty among beasts, "" That does not turn back from the face of any,<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>A girt one of the loins, "" Also a male goat, "" And a king—troops with him.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, "" And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For the churning of milk brings out butter, "" And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, "" And the forcing of anger brings out strife!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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