Proverbs 30:3

And I have not learned wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;

4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

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Cross References

Job 11:7Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

Isaiah 6:3And one called unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.

Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.'

Amos 7:14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees;

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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