KJ3 Literal Translation
Proverbs 30
Do not add to His words and be found a liar.
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the burden: A statement of the man to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, saying,
2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and the understanding of a man is not to me.
3I have not learned wisdom, but I do know the knowledge of holy things.
4Who has gone up to Heaven, and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has made all the ends of the earth to rise? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.
5Every Word of God is refined, He is a shield to those seeking refuge in Him.
6Do not add to His words, that He not reprove you, and you be proven to be a liar.
7I have asked two things from You: Do not hold back from me before I die,
8Remove vanity and the word of a lie far from me, do not give me poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,
9lest I become satisfied and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I become dispossessed and steal, and lay hold of the name of my God.
10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be guilty.
11There is a generation that curses its father, and does not bless its mother,
12a generation pure in its own eyes, and not washed from its filth.
13There is a generation, Oh how high are its eyes, and its eyelids are lifted up;
14a generation; its teeth are swords and its jaw teeth knives, to devour the humble ones from the earth, and the afflicted ones from among men.
15To the leech are two daughters crying, Give! Give! Three things are not satisfied, four not have said, Enough!
16Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, these have not said, Enough!
17The eye that mocks its father and despises to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the sons of the eagle shall eat it.
18Three things are too wonderful for me; yea, I do not know the way of four:
19The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a virgin.
20So is the way of a woman doing adultery; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.
21The earth quakes under three things; yea, it is not able to bear up under four:
22under a servant when he reigns, and a foolish one when he is filled with food,
23under one hating when she is married, under a slave-girl when she is heir to her mistress.
24Four things are little on the earth, but they are the wise ones of those made wise:
25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in summer;
26rock badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their house in the rock;
27there is not a king to the locusts, yet they go out in a swarm, all of them;
28the lizard you can take with the hands, yet it is in the palaces of a king.
29There are three things that do good in a march; yea, four that go well in walking:
30a lion is a mighty one among beasts, and he does not turn away from facing all;
31one girded in the loins, and a he-goat, and a king; there is no rising up with him.
32If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, or if you plot evil, lay your hand on your mouth!
33Surely the squeezing of milk brings curds, and the squeezing of the nose brings blood, so the squeezing of wrath brings out strife.
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