Proverbs 30:2
Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
In Context
3Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
Cross References
Job 42:3Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know.
Psalms 73:22But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Proverbs 5:12And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
Jeremiah 10:14Every son of earth hath become too brutish to discern, Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame by a graven image,—For a falsehood, is his molten image, Seeing there is no breath in them.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one be deceiving himself:—if anyone imagineth himself to be wise among you, in this age, let him become foolish, that he may become wise;
James 1:5But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given 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 →