Proverbs 30:2
“I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 learned wisdom, and I have not known the knowledge of sanctity.
Cross References
Job 42:3So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.
Psalms 73:22Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.
Proverbs 5:12“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?
Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become a fool concerning knowledge; every artist has been confounded by his graven image. For what he has formed is false, and there is no spirit in these things.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise.
James 1:5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall 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 →