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The Words of Agur
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
and I lack common sense.
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
I have not mastered human wisdom,
nor do I know the Holy One.
nor do I know the Holy One.
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?
Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name — and his son’s name?
Tell me if you know!
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name — and his son’s name?
Tell me if you know!
Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Every word of God proves true.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Do not add to his words,
or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
let me have them before I die.
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
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.
For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Never slander a worker to the employer,
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
Some people curse their father
and do not thank their mother.
and do not thank their mother.
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
but they are filthy and unwashed.
there is a generation, -- how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
They look proudly around,
casting disdainful glances.
casting disdainful glances.
-- 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.
They have teeth like swords
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
-- Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
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.
The eye that mocks a father
and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
and eaten by vultures.
and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
and eaten by vultures.
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
There are three things that amaze me —
no, four things that I don’t understand:
no, four things that I don’t understand:
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.
how an eagle glides through the sky,
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
An adulterous woman consumes a man,
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
There are three things that make the earth tremble —
no, four it cannot endure:
no, four it cannot endure:
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
a slave who becomes a king,
an overbearing fool who prospers,
an overbearing fool who prospers,
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
Ants — they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
but they store up food all summer.
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
Locusts — they have no king,
but they march in formation.
but they march in formation.
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
Lizards — they are easy to catch,
but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
There are three things that walk with stately stride —
no, four that strut about:
no, four that strut about:
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
the strutting rooster,
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
cover your mouth in shame.
cover your mouth in shame.