Proverbs 30:2
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
Psalms 73:22As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Proverbs 5:12And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
Jeremiah 10:14Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
James 1:5But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, 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 →