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Proverbs 30:2

For I am more brutish than anyone, || And do not have the understanding of a man.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

In Context

1Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, || I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.

3Nor have I learned wisdom, || Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.

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Cross References

Job 42:3[You said], Who [is] this hiding counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have declared, and do not understand, || Too wonderful for me, and I do not know.

Psalms 73:22And I am brutish, and do not know. I have been a beast with You.

Proverbs 5:12And have said, “How I have hated instruction, || And my heart has despised reproof,

Jeremiah 10:14Every man is brutish by knowledge, || Every refiner is put to shame by a carved image, || For his molten image [is] false. And there is no breath in them.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself; if anyone seems to be wise among you in this age—let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

James 1:5And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to him;

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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