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| 30:1 |
 he words of Agur the sonne of Iakeh, euen the prophecy: The man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Ucal. |
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| 30:2 |
Surely I am more brutish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man. |
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| 30:3 |
I neither learned wisedome, nor haue the knowledge of the holy. |
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| 30:4 |
Who hath ascended vp into heauen, 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 sonnes name, if thou canst tell? |
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| 30:5 |
Euery word of God is pure: he is a shield vnto them that put their trust in him. |
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| 30:6 |
Adde thou not vnto his words, lest he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar. |
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| 30:7 |
Two things haue I required of thee, deny me them not before I die. |
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| 30:8 |
Remoue farre from mee vanity, and lyes; giue me neither pouerty, nor riches, feede me with food conuenient for me. |
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| 30:9 |
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poore, and steale, and take the name of my God in vaine. |
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| 30:10 |
Accuse not a seruant vnto his master; lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
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| 30:11 |
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother. |
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| 30:12 |
There is a generation that are pure in their owne eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthinesse. |
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| 30:13 |
There is a generation, O howe lofty are their eyes! and their eye-lids are lifted vp. |
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| 30:14 |
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
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| 30:15 |
The horse-leach hath two daughters, crying, Giue, giue. There are three things that are neuer satisfied, yea foure things say not, It is enough: |
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| 30:16 |
The graue; and the barren wombe; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. |
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| 30:17 |
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother; the rauens of the valley shall picke it out, and the young Eagles shall eate it. |
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| 30:18 |
There be three things which are too wonderfull for me; yea foure, which I know not: |
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| 30:19 |
The way of an Eagle in the ayre; the way of a serpent vpon a rocke; the the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. |
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| 30:20 |
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse. |
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| 30:21 |
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for foure which it cannot beare: |
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| 30:22 |
For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when hee is filled with meate: |
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| 30:23 |
For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse. |
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| 30:24 |
There be foure things which are little vpon the earth; but they are exceeding wise: |
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| 30:25 |
The Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meate in the summer. |
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| 30:26 |
The conies are but a feeble folke, yet make they their houses in the rocks |
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| 30:27 |
The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands. |
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| 30:28 |
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces. |
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| 30:29 |
There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going: |
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| 30:30 |
A lyon which is strongest among beastes, and turneth not away for any: |
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| 30:31 |
A gray-hound; an hee-goate also; and a king, against whom there is no rising vp. |
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| 30:32 |
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting vp thy selfe, or if thou hast thought euill, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth. |
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| 30:33 |
Surely the churning of milke bringeth forth butter; and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. |
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