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Proverbs 30 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 The words of the Gatherer, the son of the Vomiter. The vision that the man spoke. God is with him, and he, being strengthened by God and abiding with him, said:
1 PALABRAS de Agur, hijo de Jachê: La profecía que dijo el varón á Ithiel, á Ithiel y á Ucal.
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 “I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
2 Ciertamente más rudo soy yo que ninguno, ni tengo entendimiento de hombre.
2 “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
3 I have not learned wisdom, and I have not known the knowledge of sanctity.
3 Yo ni aprendí sabiduría, ni conozco la ciencia del Santo.
3 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?
4 ¿Quién subió al cielo, y descendió? ¿quién encerró los vientos en sus puños? ¿quién ató las aguas en un paño? ¿quién afirmó todos los términos de la tierra? ¿cuál es su nombre, y el nombre de su hijo, si sabes?
4 Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?
5 Every word of God is fire-tested. He is a bronze shield to those who hope in him.
5 Toda palabra de Dios [es] limpia; es escudo á los que en él esperan.
5 “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Do not add anything to his words, lest you be reproved and be discovered to be a liar.
6 No añadas á sus palabras, porque no te reprenda, y seas hallado mentiroso.
6 Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7 Two things I have asked of you; do not deny them to me before I die.
7 Dos cosas te he demandado; no me [las] niegues antes que muera.
7 “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
8 Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life,
8 Vanidad y palabra mentirosa aparta de mí. No me des pobreza ni riquezas; manténme del pan que he menester;
8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9 lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.
9 No sea que me harte, y [te] niegue, y diga, ¿Quién es Jehová? ó no sea que siendo pobre, hurte, y blasfeme el nombre de mi Dios.
9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
10 Do not accuse a servant to his lord, lest he curse you, and you fall.
10 No acuses al siervo ante su señor, porque no te maldiga, y peques.
10 “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.
11 Hay generación que maldice á su padre, y á su madre no bendice.
11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12 There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.
12 Hay generación limpia en su opinión, si bien no se ha limpiado su inmundicia.
12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.
13 Hay generación cuyos ojos son altivos, y cuyos párpados son alzados.
13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.
14 Hay generación cuyos dientes son espadas, y sus muelas cuchillos, para devorar á los pobres de la tierra, y de entre los hombres á los menesterosos.
14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters, who say, ‘Bring, bring.’ Three things are insatiable, and a fourth never says ‘Enough’:
15 La sanguijuela tiene dos hijas [que se llaman], Trae, trae. Tres cosas hay que nunca se hartan; [aun] la cuarta nunca dice, Basta:
15 “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
16 Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, ‘Enough.’
16 El sepulcro, y la matriz estéril, la tierra no harta de aguas, y el fuego que jamás dice, Basta.
16 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
17 The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.
17 El ojo que escarnece á su padre, y menosprecia la enseñanza de la madre, los cuervos lo saquen de la arroyada, y tráguenlo los hijos del águila.
17 “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
18 Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant:
18 Tres cosas me son ocultas; aun tampoco sé la cuarta:
18 “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man in adolescence.
19 El rastro del águila en el aire; el rastro de la culebra sobre la peña; el rastro de la nave en medio de la mar; y el rastro del hombre en la moza.
19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
20 Such is the way also of an adulterous woman, who eats, and wiping her mouth, says: “I have done no evil.”
20 Tal es el rastro de la mujer adúltera: come, y limpia su boca, y dice: No he hecho maldad.
20 “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21 By three things, the earth is moved, and a fourth it is not able to sustain:
21 Por tres cosas se alborota la tierra, y la cuarta no puede sufrir:
21 “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22 by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,
22 Por el siervo cuando reinare; y por el necio cuando se hartare de pan;
22 For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
23 by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.
23 Por la aborrecida cuando se casare; y por la sierva cuando heredare á su señora.
23 for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24 Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
24 Cuatro cosas son de las más pequeñas de la tierra, y las mismas son más sabias que los sabios:
24 “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25 the ants, an infirm people who provide food for themselves at the harvest,
25 Las hormigas, pueblo no fuerte, y en el verano preparan su comida;
25 The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26 the rabbit, a sickened people who make their bed upon the rock.
26 Los conejos, pueblo nada esforzado, y ponen su casa en la piedra;
26 The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27 The locust has no king, but they all depart by their troops.
27 Las langostas, no tienen rey, y salen todas acuadrilladas;
27 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
28 The lizard supports itself on hands and dwells in the buildings of kings.
28 La araña, ase con las manos, y está en palacios de rey.
28 You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29 There are three things that advance well, and a fourth that marches happily on:
29 Tres cosas hay de hermoso andar, y la cuarta pasea muy bien:
29 “There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
30 a lion, the strongest of beasts, who fears nothing that he meets,
30 El león, fuerte entre todos los animales, que no torna atrás por nadie;
30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
31 a rooster prepared at the loins, likewise a ram, and a king, whom none can resist.
31 El [lebrel] ceñido de lomos; asimismo el macho cabrío; y un rey contra el cual ninguno se levanta.
31 the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 There is one who has appeared foolish, after he was lifted up on high; for if he had understood, he would have placed his hand over his mouth.
32 Si caiste, [fué] porque te enalteciste; y si mal pensaste, [pon] el dedo sobre la boca.
32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33 But whoever strongly squeezes the udder to bring out the milk, presses out butter. And whoever violently blows his nose, brings out blood. And whoever provokes wrath, brings forth discord.”
33 Ciertamente el que exprime la leche, sacará manteca; y el que recio se suena las narices, sacará sangre: y el que provoca la ira, causará contienda.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 31:1; 2 Peter 1:19–21
- 2 Psalm 73:22; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Proverbs 5:12; 1 Corinthians 8:2; Isaiah 6:5
- 3 Ephesians 3:18–19; Revelation 3:7; Proverbs 9:10; Romans 11:33; Job 11:7–9
- 4 John 3:13; Ephesians 4:8–10; Job 26:8; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 7:14
- 5 Psalm 18:30; Psalm 12:6; James 3:17; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 3:3
- 6 Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18–19; Job 13:7–9; 1 Corinthians 15:15
- 7 Luke 10:42; Psalm 27:4; 2 Kings 2:9; 1 Kings 3:5–9; Psalm 21:2
- 8 1 Timothy 6:6–8; Psalm 62:9–10; Psalm 119:37; Matthew 6:33; Luke 11:3
- 9 Hosea 13:6; Deuteronomy 31:20; Ezekiel 16:49–50; Deuteronomy 8:10–14; Nehemiah 9:25–26
- 10 Ecclesiastes 7:21; Romans 14:4; Daniel 3:8–18; 2 Samuel 19:26–27; 2 Chronicles 24:22–24
- 11 Proverbs 20:20; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 30:17; Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:12–14
- 12 Luke 18:11; Proverbs 16:2; 2 Timothy 3:5; Jeremiah 2:35; Titus 3:5
- 13 Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 2:11; Psalm 101:5; Psalm 131:1; Ezekiel 28:9
- 14 Psalm 57:4; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 14:4; Job 29:17; Psalm 58:6
- 15 Proverbs 30:21; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 6:16; Proverbs 30:29; Jude 11–12
- 16 Proverbs 27:20; Habakkuk 2:5; Genesis 30:1
- 17 Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 23:22; Deuteronomy 21:18–21; Leviticus 20:9; Proverbs 20:20
- 18 Job 42:3; Psalm 139:6
- 20 Proverbs 7:13–23; Proverbs 5:6; Numbers 5:11–30
- 22 Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; 1 Samuel 25:36–38; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:10–11
- 23 Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 27:15; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 29:21; Proverbs 19:13
- 24 Job 12:7
- 25 Proverbs 6:6–8
- 26 Psalm 104:18; Leviticus 11:5
- 27 Joel 1:6–7; Joel 2:7–11; Psalm 105:34; Exodus 10:4–6; Joel 2:25
- 30 Judges 14:18; Numbers 23:24
- 31 Daniel 3:15–18; Proverbs 20:2; Proverbs 16:14
- 32 Job 21:5; Romans 3:19; Job 40:4; Micah 7:16–17; Proverbs 26:12
- 33 Proverbs 29:22; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 28:25; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 26:21
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The slave shook the world, since by three things the earth is shaken, and the fourth it cannot bear,--if a slave became a king.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
There are in the Book of Proverbs three things which go well, a lion, a goat, and a cock; and to these is added a fourth;--a King making a speech before the people, to pass over the other sets of four which are there counted up, although things of various natures.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)