Proverbs 30:7
Two things I ask of you; take not favour from me before I die.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
In Context
6Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:9And it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Eliu said to Elisaie, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken up from you. And Elisaie said, Let there be, I pray you, + 2:9 Gr. double portions in your spirit. a double portion of your spirit upon me.
Psalms 27:4Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense to them. 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 →