Proverbs 30:4

Who hath ascended into Shomayim, or descended? 1 Who hath gathered ruach in the hollows of His hands? 1 Who hath bound the mayim in a cloak? 1 Who hath established all the afsei aretz (ends of the earth)? 1 What is Shmo (His Name), 1 and what is Shem Bno (the Name of His Son ), + 30:4 See Memra, creative Word of G-d in Targumim 1 if thou canst tell? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 tell?

In Context

3I neither learned chochmah, 1 nor have the da'as of the Kedoshim. 1

5Every word of G-d is flawless; 1 He is a mogen unto them that take refuge in Him. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 32:29And he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome.

Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, and unto Ya'akov, as El Shaddai, but by My Shem Hashem I did not make Myself known to them.

Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not be shomer to do kol divrei hatorah hazot that are written in this sefer, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful Shem, HASHEM ELOHEICHA,

Judges 13:18And the Malach Hashem said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my shem, seeing it is FELI (supremely wonderful)? + 13:18 See Isa 9:6 [5]; Ex 15:11

Job 11:8It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? 1 Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da'as? 1

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of eretz? 1 Tell, if thou hast binah. 1

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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