Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the burden. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
3And I have not learned wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 73:22But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
Proverbs 5:12And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is proved to be brutish, without knowledge, every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image, his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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 →