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The Words of Agur
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Surely I am too stupid to be a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
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!
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!
Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Every word of God proves true;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Do not add to his words,
lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Two things I ask of you;
deny them not to me before I die:
deny them not to me before I die:
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Do not slander a servant to his master,
lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
There are those who are clean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.
but are not washed of their filth.
there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
There are those — how lofty are their eyes,
how high their eyelids lift!
how high their eyelids lift!
-- a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
There are those whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
whose fangs are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
-- Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
Sheol, the barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.
and scorns to obey a mother
will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
Three things are too wonderful for me;
four I do not understand:
four I do not understand:
The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a virgin.
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a virgin.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
Under three things the earth trembles;
under four it cannot bear up:
under four it cannot bear up:
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
a slave when he becomes king,
and a fool when he is filled with food;
and a fool when he is filled with food;
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
but they are exceedingly wise:
The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
yet they provide their food in the summer;
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
the locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in rank;
yet all of them march in rank;
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
the lizard you can take in your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces.
yet it is in kings’ palaces.
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
Three things are stately in their tread;
four are stately in their stride:
four are stately in their stride:
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and does not turn back before any;
and does not turn back before any;
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.