Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
3and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Psalms 73:22So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Proverbs 5:12and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image. For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
James 1:5And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:2-7
The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 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… Read the whole commentary →