Proverbs 30:2
I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 have not known the science of saints.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.
Psalms 73:22and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
Proverbs 5:12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
James 1:5But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given 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 →