Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 29

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Chapter 30

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  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:  

 

 


2

 

  Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.  

 

 


3

 

  I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.  

 

 


4

 

  Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?  

 

 


5

 

  Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.  

 

 


6

 

  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.  

 

 


7

 

  Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:  

 

 


8

 

  Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:  

 

 


9

 

  lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.  

 

 


10

 

  Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.  

 

 


11

 

  There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;  

 

 


12

 

  there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;  

 

 


13

 

  there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!  

 

 


14

 

  -- a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.  

 

 


15

 

  The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:  

 

 


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  -- Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.  

 

 


17

 

  The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.  

 

 


18

 

  There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:  

 

 


19

 

  The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.  

 

 


20

 

  Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.  

 

 


21

 

  Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:  

 

 


22

 

  Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;  

 

 


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  under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.  

 

 


24

 

  There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:  

 

 


25

 

  The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;  

 

 


26

 

  the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;  

 

 


27

 

  the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;  

 

 


28

 

  thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.  

 

 


29

 

  There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:  

 

 


30

 

  The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;  

 

 


31

 

  a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.  

 

 


32

 

  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.  

 

 


33

 

  For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.  

 

 


Proverbs 31

 

 

 

 

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