Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
5Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
Cross References
Genesis 32:29Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
Exodus 6:3I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;
Judges 13:18But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?
Job 11:8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Job 38:4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
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 →