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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:
The Wisdom of Agur
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his utterance. This man declared to Ithiel — to Ithiel and Ucal:
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his utterance. This man declared to Ithiel — to Ithiel and Ucal:
Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And do not have the understanding of a man.
And do not have the understanding of a man.
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
I neither learned wisdom
Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
Nor have 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 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?
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?
Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust 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 request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
(Deprive me not 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 falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches —
Feed me with the food allotted to me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches —
Feed me with the food allotted to 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 malign a servant to his master,
Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
There is a generation that curses its father,
And does not bless its mother.
And does not bless its mother.
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
-- 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 is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And whose fangs are like knives,
To devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.
And whose fangs are like knives,
To devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
The leech has two daughters —
Give and Give!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
Give and Give!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
-- Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is 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 his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Yes, four which I do not understand:
Yes, four which 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.
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 adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
For three things the earth is perturbed,
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,
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.
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
There are four things which are little on the earth,
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 prepare their food in the summer;
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
The locusts have no king,
Yet they all advance in ranks;
Yet they all advance in ranks;
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
There are three things which are majestic in pace,
Yes, four which are stately in walk:
Yes, four which are stately in walk:
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
A lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn away from any;
And does not turn away from 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 in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.