Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
3For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.
Psalms 73:22So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
Proverbs 5:12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
Jeremiah 10:14Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.
James 1:5If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen 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 →