| 30:1 | The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle:* This* man says* to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal:* |
| 30:2 | Surely* I am more brutish* than any other human being,* and I do not have human understanding;* |
| 30:3 | I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge* of the Holy One.* |
| 30:4 | 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! |
| 30:5 | Every word of God is purified;* he is like* a shield for those who take refuge in him.* |
| 30:6 | Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.* |
| 30:7 | Two things* I ask from you;* do not refuse me before I die: |
| 30:8 | Remove falsehood and lies* far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion* of bread,* |
| 30:9 | lest I become satisfied and act deceptively* and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean* the name of my God. |
| 30:10 | Do not slander* a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.* |
| 30:11 | There is a generation* who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.* |
| 30:12 | There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed* from their filthiness.* |
| 30:13 | There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty,* and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.* |
| 30:14 | There is a generation whose teeth are like* swords* and whose molars* are like knives to devour* the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race. |
| 30:15 | The leech* has two daughters:* “Give! Give!”* There are three things that are never satisfied, four* that never say, “Enough”* – |
| 30:16 | the grave,* the barren womb,* land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”* |
| 30:17 | The eye* that mocks at a father and despises obeying* a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.* |
| 30:18 | There are three things that are too wonderful for me,* four that I do not understand: |
| 30:19 | the way* of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.* |
| 30:20 | This is the way* of an adulterous* woman: she eats and wipes her mouth* and says, “I have not done wrong.”* |
| 30:21 | Under three things the earth trembles,* and under four things it cannot bear up: |
| 30:22 | under a servant* who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,* |
| 30:23 | under an unloved* woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses* her mistress. |
| 30:24 | There are four things on earth that are small,* but they are exceedingly wise:* |
| 30:25 | ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare* their food in the summer; |
| 30:26 | rock badgers* are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags; |
| 30:27 | locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;* |
| 30:28 | a lizard* you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.* |
| 30:29 | There are three things that are magnificent* in their step, four things that move about magnificently:* |
| 30:30 | a lion, mightiest* of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything; |
| 30:31 | a strutting rooster,* a male goat, and a king with his army around him.* |
| 30:32 | If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself* or if you have planned evil, put* your hand over your mouth! |
| 30:33 | For as the churning* of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger* produces strife.* |
Proverbs 30 - NET Bible [draft]
