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| [1]The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, |
[1]Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed. |
| [2]Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
[2]For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. |
| [3]I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
[3]Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. |
| [4]Who hath ascended 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? |
[4]Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest! |
| [5]Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him. |
[5]Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him. |
| [6]Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
[6]Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false. |
| [7]Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die: |
[7]Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. |
| [8]Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
[8]Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, |
| [9]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. |
[9]Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who [is] Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God. |
| [10]Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
[10]Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. |
| [11]There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
[11]A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. |
| [12]There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. |
[12]A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. |
| [13]There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
[13]A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. |
| [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. |
[14]A generation -- swords [are] their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men. |
| [15]The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough: |
[15]To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;' |
| [16]The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. |
[16]Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,' |
| [17]The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. |
[17]An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles. |
| [18]There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not: |
[18]Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: |
| [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. |
[19]The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth. |
| [20]Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
[20]So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.' |
| [21]For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: |
[21]For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear: |
| [22]For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food. |
[22]For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, |
| [23]For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
[23]For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress. |
| [24]There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise: |
[24]Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: |
| [25]The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; |
[25]The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, |
| [26]The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks; |
[26]Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, |
| [27]The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
[27]A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting, |
| [28]The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces. |
[28]A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king. |
| [29]There are three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going: |
[29]Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: |
| [30]A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
[30]An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, |
| [31]A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. |
[31]A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him. |
| [32]If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. |
[32]If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth! |
| [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. |
[33]For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife! |