Proverbs 30:3

I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

In Context

2I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

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Cross References

Job 11:7Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?

Isaiah 6:3And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.

Isaiah 30:11Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.

Amos 7:14And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.

Matthew 16:17And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

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 →

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