Proverbs 30

1 Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.YLT — Proverbs 30:1

2 For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.YLT — Proverbs 30:2

3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.YLT — Proverbs 30:3

4 Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!YLT — Proverbs 30:4

5 Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.YLT — Proverbs 30:5

6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.YLT — Proverbs 30:6

7 Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.YLT — Proverbs 30:7

8 Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,YLT — Proverbs 30:8

9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, ‘Who [is] Jehovah?’ And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.YLT — Proverbs 30:9

10 Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.YLT — Proverbs 30:10

11 A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.YLT — Proverbs 30:11

12 A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.YLT — Proverbs 30:12

13 A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.YLT — Proverbs 30:13

14 A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.YLT — Proverbs 30:14

15 To the leech [are] two daughters, ‘Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said ‘Sufficiency;’YLT — Proverbs 30:15

16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire — it hath not said, ‘Sufficiency,’YLT — Proverbs 30:16

17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.YLT — Proverbs 30:17

18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:YLT — Proverbs 30:18

19 The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.YLT — Proverbs 30:19

20 So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, ‘I have not done iniquity.’YLT — Proverbs 30:20

21 For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:YLT — Proverbs 30:21

22 For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,YLT — Proverbs 30:22

23 For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.YLT — Proverbs 30:23

24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:YLT — Proverbs 30:24

25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,YLT — Proverbs 30:25

26 Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,YLT — Proverbs 30:26

27 A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,YLT — Proverbs 30:27

28 A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.YLT — Proverbs 30:28

29 Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:YLT — Proverbs 30:29

30 An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,YLT — Proverbs 30:30

31 A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him.YLT — Proverbs 30:31

32 If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!YLT — Proverbs 30:32

33 For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!YLT — Proverbs 30:33