Proverbs 30:4

But let me say this: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven to find out what God is like and returned to tell us. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water in the ocean in a piece of cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. If you know who has done those things, tell me [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like.

Translation for Translators

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 have not learned how to become wise and I do not know much about God.

5Everything that God has said is true; he is like a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:29Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “◄Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!►” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.

Exodus 6:3I am the one who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and told them that I was God Almighty, but I did not tell them that my name was Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 28:58“If you do not faithfully obey all of the laws that I am writing, and if you do not revere Yahweh our glorious God [MTY],

Judges 13:18Yahweh replied, “◄Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.► [RHQ] It is ◄wonderful/it cannot be understood►.”

Job 11:8What there is to know about God is greater than the distance from earth to heaven; so there is no way [RHQ] that you can understand it all. It is greater than the distance from here to the place of the dead; so it is impossible for you [RHQ] to know it all.

Job 38:4◄“Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth? Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time.

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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