Proverbs 30:4
Who 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?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.
5Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.
Cross References
Genesis 32:29Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.
Exodus 6:3That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; and my name ADONAI I did not shew them.
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not keep, and fulfil all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:
Judges 13:18And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?
Job 11:8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.
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 →