Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more stupid than any ish, 1 and have not the binat adam. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
3I neither learned chochmah, 1 nor have the da'as of the Kedoshim. 1
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is this that hideth etzah (counsel) without da'as? 1 Therefore have I judged without understanding things too wonderful for me, 1 which I knew not. 1
Psalms 73:22So senseless was I, and ignorant; 1 I was like behemot before Thee. 1
Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated musar, 1 and my lev spurned tokhakhat (reproof); 1
Jeremiah 10:14Kol Adam is stupid in his da'as; 1 every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel (idol); 1 for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker, 1 and there is no ruach in them. 1
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself: if anyone presumes to be chacham among you in the Olam Hazeh, let him become a kesil (fool), that he may become chacham. + 3:18 Isa 5:21
James 1:5But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him. + 1:5 1Kgs 3:9,10; Prov 2:3-6; Ps 51:6; Dan 1:17; 2:21
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 →