Proverbs 30:2
"Surely I am the most ignorant man,and do not have a man's understanding.
New Heart English Bible
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 oracle:the man says to Ithiel,to Ithiel and Ucal:
3I have not learned 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 did not understand,things too wonderful for me, which I did not 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 among 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 →