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| 30:1 |
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,
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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 |
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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| 30:4 |
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?
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| 30:5 |
Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield to them that put their trust in him.
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| 30:6 |
Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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| 30:7 |
Two [things] have I required of thee; deny [them] not to me before I die:
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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 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].
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| 30:10 |
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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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 |
[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
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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 |
[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 hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yes], four [things] say not, [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] 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.
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| 30:18 |
There are three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:
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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; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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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 |
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
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| 30:23 |
For an odious [woman] when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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| 30:24 |
There are four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] very wise:
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| 30:25 |
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
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| 30:26 |
The conies [are but] a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
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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 |
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.
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| 30:29 |
There are three [things] which go well, yes, four are comely in going:
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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 |
A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.
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| 30:32 |
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
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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.
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