Welcome to our website where we explore the Bible! Pleasure to meet you here!
May your journey into the world of the Holy Scriptures be engaging and inspiring!
You can change reading language: uk ru
Parallel
New King James Version
King James Bible
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:
The Words of Agur
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
I neither learned wisdom
Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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?
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
(Deprive me not before I die):
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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;
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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.
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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 curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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 that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
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!”:
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Yes, four which I do not understand:
Yes, four which I do not understand:
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; 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.
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.”
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For three things the earth is perturbed,
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,
A fool when he is filled with food,
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There are four things which are little on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
But they are exceedingly wise:
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
The ants are a people not strong,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
The locusts have no king,
Yet they all advance in ranks;
Yet they all advance in ranks;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
There are three things which are majestic in pace,
Yes, four which are stately in walk:
Yes, four which are stately in walk:
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
A lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn away from any;
And does not turn away from any;
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.