Proverbs 30:5

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

In Context

4But 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.

6Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of ◄anything/your enemies►. I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”

Psalms 3:3But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me [MET]. You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) [IDM].

Psalms 18:30Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. He is like a shield [MET] to protect all those who go to him for refuge.

Psalms 19:8Yahweh’s laws are fair/just; when we obey them, we become joyful. The commands of Yahweh are clear, and by reading them [PRS] we start to understand how God wants us to behave.

Psalms 91:2I will declare to Yahweh, “You protect me; you are like a fort [MET] in which I am safe. You are my God, the one in whom I trust.”

Psalms 119:140◄Your promises are/All the things that you have said that you will do are► dependable and I love them.

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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