Proverbs 30:4
Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest it?”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One.
5Every saying of God is purified: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
Cross References
Genesis 32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God, the Almighty, but by my name The Eternal was I not made known to them.
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book; to fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God:
Judges 13:18And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why is it that thou wilt ask after my name, seeing it is secret?
Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding [of it].
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 →