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  30:1 ¶
These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease. |
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30:1 ¶
The words°
of Agur°
the son°
of Jakeh,°
[even] the prophecy:°
the man°
spake°°
unto Ithiel,°
even unto Ithiel°
and Ucal,° |
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30:2
For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men. |
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30:2
Surely°
I°
[am] more brutish°
than [any] man,°°
and have not°
the understanding°
of a man.° |
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30:3
God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy. |
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30:3
I neither°
learned°°
wisdom,°
nor have°°
the knowledge°
of the holy.° |
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30:4
Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children? |
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30:4
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?°° |
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30:5
For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him. |
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30:5
Every°
word°
of Eloah°
[is] pure:°°
he°
[is] a shield°
unto them that put their trust°°
in him. |
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30:6
Add not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar. |
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30:6
Add°°
thou not°
unto°
his words,°
lest°
he reprove°°
thee, and thou be found a liar.°° |
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30:7
Two things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die. |
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30:7
Two°
[things] have I required°°
of°°
thee; deny°°°
me [them] not°
before°
I die:°° |
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30:8
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient: |
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30:8
Remove far°°
from°
me vanity°
and lies:°°
give°°
me neither°
poverty°
nor riches;°
feed°°
me with food°
convenient°
for me: |
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30:9
lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of God. |
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30:9
Lest°
I be full,°°
and deny°°
[thee], and say,°°
Who°
[is] Yahweh?°
or lest°
I be poor,°°
and steal,°°
and take°°
the name°
of my Elohim°
[in vain]. |
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30:10
Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed. |
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30:10
Accuse°°
not°
a servant°
unto°
his adon,°
lest°
he curse°°
thee, and thou be found guilty.°° |
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30:11
A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother. |
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30:11
[There is] a generation°
[that] curseth°°
their father,°
and doth not°
bless°°
their mother.° |
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30:12
A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way. |
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30:12
[There is] a generation°
[that are] pure°
in their own eyes,°
and [yet] is not°
washed°°
from their filthiness.°° |
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30:13
A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids. |
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30:13
[There is] a generation,°
O how°
lofty°°
are their eyes!°
and their eyelids°
are lifted up.°° |
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30:14
A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw-teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men. |
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30:14
[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.°° |
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30:15
The horse-leech had three dearly-beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough. |
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30:15
The horseleach°
hath two°
daughters,°
[crying], Give,°°
give.°°
There are three°°
[things that] are never°
satisfied,°°
[yea], four°
[things] say°°
not,°
[It is] enough:° |
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30:16
The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough. |
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30:16
The grave;°
and the barren°
womb;°
the earth°
[that] is not°
filled°°
with water;°
and the fire°
[that] saith°°
not,°
[It is] enough.° |
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30:17
The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it. |
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30:17
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. |
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30:18
Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not: |
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30:18
There be three°
[things which] are too wonderful°°
for°
me, yea, four°
which I know°°
not:° |
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30:19
the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth. |
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30:19
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.° |
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30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss. |
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30:20
Such°
[is] the way°
of an adulterous°°
woman;°
she eateth,°°
and wipeth°°
her mouth,°
and saith,°°
I have done°°
no°
wickedness.° |
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30:21
By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it cannot bear: |
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30:21
For°
three°
[things] the earth°
is disquieted,°°
and for°
four°
[which] it cannot°°°
bear:°° |
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30:22
if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food; |
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30:22
For°
a servant°
when°
he reigneth;°°
and a fool°
when°
he is filled°°
with meat;° |
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30:23
or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man. |
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30:23
For°
an odious°°
[woman] when°
she is married;°°
and an handmaid°
that°
is heir°°
to her mistress.° |
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30:24
And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise: |
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30:24
There be four°
[things which are] little°
upon the earth,°
but they°
[are] exceeding°°
wise:°° |
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30:25
the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer; |
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30:25
The ants°
[are] a people°
not°
strong,°
yet they prepare°°
their meat°
in the summer;° |
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30:26
the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks. |
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30:26
The conies°
[are but] a feeble°°
folk,°
yet make°°
they their houses°
in the rocks;° |
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30:27
The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command. |
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30:27
The locusts°
have no°
king,°
yet go they forth°°
all°
of them by bands;°° |
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30:28
And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings. |
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30:28
The spider°
taketh hold°°
with her hands,°
and is in kings'°
palaces.° |
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30:29
And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely. |
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30:29
There be three°
[things] which go°
well,°°
yea, four°
are comely°°°
in going:°°° |
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30:30
A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast; |
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30:30
A lion°
[which is] strongest°
among beasts,°
and turneth not away°°°
for°°
any;° |
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30:31
and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation. |
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30:31
A greyhound;°°
an he goat°
also;°
and a king,°
against°
whom [there is] no°
rising up.°° |
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30:32
If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced. |
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30:32
If°
thou hast done foolishly°°
in lifting up°°
thyself,°
or if°
thou hast thought evil,°°
[lay] thine hand°
upon thy mouth.° |
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30:33
Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes. |
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30:33
Surely°
the churning°
of milk°
bringeth forth°°
butter,°
and the wringing°
of the nose°
bringeth forth°°
blood:°
so the forcing°
of wrath°
bringeth forth°°
strife.° |
