Proverbs 30:4
Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know!
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In Context
3Nor have I learned wisdom, || Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
5Every saying of God [is] tried, || He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.
Cross References
Genesis 32:29And Jacob asks and says, “Please declare Your Name”; and He says, “Why [is] this, you ask for My Name?” And He blesses him there.
Exodus 6:3and I appear to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; as for My Name YHWH, I have not been known to them;
Deuteronomy 28:58If you do not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this scroll, to fear this honored and fearful Name—your God YHWH—
Judges 13:18And the Messenger of YHWH says to him, “Why do you ask this, My Name, since it [is] incomprehensible?”
Job 11:8Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know?
Job 38:4Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known 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 →