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| [1]The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the burden. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal: |
[1]And the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Uchal |
| [2]Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man; |
[2]Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng |
| [3]And I have not learned wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One. |
[3]I neuer learned wisdome, nor had knowledge of holy thynges |
| [4]Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if tho knowest? |
[4]Who hath clymed vp into heauen, and come downe from thence? who hath holden the wynde fast in his hande? who hath gathered together the waters in a garment? who hath established all the endes of the worlde: what is his name, and what is his sonnes name, yf thou canst tell |
| [5]Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him. |
[5]Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym |
| [6]Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
[6]Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar |
| [7]Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die: |
[7]Two thinges haue I required of thee, denie me them not before I dye |
| [8]Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread; |
[8]Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng |
| [9]Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God. |
[9]Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God |
| [10]Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
[10]Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt |
| [11]There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother. |
[11]There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother |
| [12]There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. |
[12]There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse |
| [13]There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
[13]There is a generation that hath a proude loke, and doth cast vp their eye lyddes |
| [14]There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
[14]There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men |
| [15]The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say no 'Enough': |
[15]The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe |
| [16]The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not: 'Enough.' |
[16]The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe |
| [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 vultures shall eat it. |
[17]Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles |
| [18]There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: |
[18]There be three thynges whiche are wonderfull to me, yea foure whiche passe my vnderstandyng |
| [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 young woman. |
[19]The way of an Egle in the ayre, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, the way of a ship in the middest of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman |
| [20]So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: 'I have done no wickedness.' |
[20]Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth [lyke as] when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse |
| [21]For three things the earth doth quake, and for four it cannot endure: |
[21]For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde |
| [22]For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food; |
[22]A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde |
| [23]For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
[23]A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse |
| [24]There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: |
[24]These be foure thynges in the earth the which are very litle, but in wisdome they exceede the wyse |
| [25]The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; |
[25]The emmets are [but] a weake people, which yet gather their meate in the sommer |
| [26]The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; |
[26]The conies are but a feeble folke, yet make their boroughes among the rockes |
| [27]The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
[27]The grashoppers haue not a guide, yet go they foorth together by heapes |
| [28]The spider thou canst take with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces. |
[28]The spyder laboureth with her handes, and is in kynges palaces |
| [29]There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going: |
[29]There be three thynges that go well, yea foure are comely in goyng |
| [30]The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
[30]A lion whiche is strongest among beastes, and shunneth not at the syght of any |
| [31]The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up. |
[31]A grayhounde strong in the hynder partes, a ramme also, and a king against whom no man aryseth vp |
| [32]If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast planned devices, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. |
[32]If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth |
| [33]For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. |
[33]Who so chirneth mylke bringeth foorth butter, and he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it bleede: Euen so he that forceth wrath, bringeth foorth strife |