Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more like an animal than any human 1 and I do not have the understanding of a human being. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 have not learned wisdom, 1 nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One. 1
Cross References
Job 42:3'Who is this who without knowledge conceals plans?' 1 Indeed, I have spoken things that I did not understand, 1 things too difficult for me to understand, which I did not know about. 1
Psalms 73:22I was ignorant and lacked insight; 1 I was like a senseless animal before you. 1
Proverbs 5:12You will say, “How I hated instruction 1 and my heart despised correction! 1
Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. 1 For his cast images are frauds; there is no life in them. 1
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a “fool” that he may become wise.
James 1:5But if any of you needs wisdom, let him ask for it from God, the one who gives generously and without rebuke to all who ask, and he will give it to him.
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 →