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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:
I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
and I lack common sense.
Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
I have not mastered human wisdom,
nor do I know the Holy One.
nor do I know the Holy One.
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name — and his son’s name?
Tell me if you know!
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name — and his son’s name?
Tell me if you know!
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?
Every word of God proves true.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Do not add to his words,
or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
let me have them before I die.
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
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.
Never slander a worker to the employer,
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Some people curse their father
and do not thank their mother.
and do not thank their mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
but they are filthy and unwashed.
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
They look proudly around,
casting disdainful glances.
casting disdainful glances.
there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
They have teeth like swords
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
-- 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.
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.
The eye that mocks a father
and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
and eaten by vultures.
and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
and eaten by vultures.
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.
There are three things that amaze me —
no, four things that I don’t understand:
no, four things that I don’t understand:
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
how an eagle glides through the sky,
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
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.
An adulterous woman consumes a man,
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
There are three things that make the earth tremble —
no, four it cannot endure:
no, four it cannot endure:
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
a slave who becomes a king,
an overbearing fool who prospers,
an overbearing fool who prospers,
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
Ants — they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
but they store up food all summer.
The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
Locusts — they have no king,
but they march in formation.
but they march in formation.
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
Lizards — they are easy to catch,
but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
There are three things that walk with stately stride —
no, four that strut about:
no, four that strut about:
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
the strutting rooster,
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
cover your mouth in shame.
cover your mouth in shame.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.