Proverbs 30:2
“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
3I have not learnt wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Cross References
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
Psalms 73:22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Proverbs 5:12and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise amongst you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given 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 →