Proverbs 30
1 word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
These are the words of Agur, son of Jakeh. An oracle. This is what the man says, God, I'm really tired, I'm worn out.
2 for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
I'm so stupid I'm not really a man; I can't even think like a human being.
3 and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
I have not learned wisdom; I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
4 who? to ascend: rise heaven and to go down who? to gather spirit: breath in/on/with palm his who? to constrain water in/on/with mantle who? to arise: establish all end land: country/planet what? name his and what? name son: child his for to know
Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? Who holds the winds in the palm of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has set the earth's boundaries? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Are you sure you don't know?
5 all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
Every word God says has been proved true. He defends everyone who comes to him for protection.
6 not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
Don't add anything to his words, or he will criticize you and you'll be shown to be a liar.
7 two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
God, I want to request two things from you. Please don't refuse to let me have them before I come to die.
8 vanity: false and word: because lie to remove from me poverty and riches not to give: give to/for me to tear me food statute: portion my
Keep me from being false, help me not to tell lies. Don't make me poor or rich; just provide me with the food I need.
9 lest to satisfy and to deceive and to say who? LORD and lest to possess: poor and to steal and to capture name God my
Otherwise if I have plenty of money, I may give up on you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” while if I'm poor I may steal and bring the name of my God into disrepute.
10 not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *QK) lest to lighten you and be guilty
Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you and you'll suffer for it.
11 generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
There are some who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
13 generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
There are some who think themselves so high and mighty, and who look down on others.
14 generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.
15 to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
The leech has two daughters who cry out, “Give me! Give me!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:
16 hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol h7585)
The grave, the womb that doesn't become pregnant, the earth thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough!” (Sheol h7585)
17 eye to mock to/for father and to despise to/for obedience mother to dig her raven torrent: valley and to eat her son: young animal eagle
People who ridicule their fathers and despise obedience to the mother will have their eyes pecked out by wild ravens and eaten by young vultures.
18 three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Qk) not to know them
These three things are amazingly hard for me, four things I just can't understand:
19 way: journey [the] eagle in/on/with heaven way: journey serpent upon rock way: journey fleet in/on/with heart sea and way: journey great man in/on/with maiden
The way an eagle soars in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails across the sea, the way a man and a woman fall in love.
20 so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”
21 underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support:
22 underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig,
23 underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.
24 four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:
25 [the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food.
26 rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
Hyraxes—they don't have much power, but they make their homes in the rock.
27 king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
Locusts—they don't have a king, but they all march in line abreast.
28 lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace.
29 three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:
30 lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
The lion, supreme among wild animals, who isn't frightened of anything.
31 greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.
32 if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
If you have been foolishly boasting about yourself, or if you've been planning to do something wrong, stop and put your hand over your mouth.
33 for pressing milk to come out: produce curd and pressing face: nose to come out: produce blood and pressing face: anger to come out: produce strife
Just as churning milk produces butter, and twisting someone's nose makes it bleed, so stirring up anger causes arguments.
