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Proverbs 30 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Сїѧ̑ глаго́летъ мꙋ́жъ вѣ́рꙋющымъ бг҃ови, и҆ почива́ю:
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 безꙋ́мнѣе бо є҆́смь ѿ всѣ́хъ человѣ̑къ, и҆ ра́зꙋма человѣ́ческагѡ нѣ́сть во мнѣ̀:
2 “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
3 бг҃ъ же наꙋчи́ мѧ премꙋ́дрости, и҆ ра́зꙋмъ ст҃ы́хъ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́хъ.
3 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Кто̀ взы́де на не́бо и҆ сни́де; кто̀ собра̀ вѣ́тры въ нѣ̑дра; кто̀ возвратѝ во́дꙋ въ ри́зꙋ; кто̀ ѡ҆бдержа̀ всѧ̑ концы̑ землѝ; ко́е и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀; и҆лѝ ко́е и҆́мѧ сы́нꙋ є҆гѡ̀, да разꙋмѣ́еши;
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 Всѧ̑ бо словеса̀ бж҃їѧ раздежє́на: защища́етъ же са́мъ благоговѣ́ющихъ є҆мꙋ̀.
5 “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Не приложѝ ко словесє́мъ є҆гѡ̀, да не ѡ҆бличи́тъ тѧ̀, и҆ ло́жь бꙋ́деши.
6 Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7 Дво́е прошꙋ̀ ᲂу҆ тебє̀: не ѿимѝ ѿ менє̀ благода́ти пре́жде ᲂу҆ме́ртвїѧ моегѡ̀:
7 “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
8 сꙋ́етно сло́во и҆ ло́жно дале́че ѿ менє̀ сотворѝ, бога́тства же и҆ нищеты̀ не да́ждь мѝ: ᲂу҆стро́й же мѝ потрє́бнаѧ и҆ самодовѡ́льнаѧ,
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 да не насы́щьсѧ ло́жь бꙋ́дꙋ и҆ рекꙋ̀: кто́ мѧ ви́дитъ; и҆лѝ ѡ҆бнища́въ ᲂу҆кра́дꙋ и҆ кленꙋ́сѧ и҆́менемъ бж҃їимъ.
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 Не преда́ждь раба̀ въ рꙋ́цѣ господи́на, да не когда̀ проклене́тъ тѧ̀, и҆ и҆сче́знеши.
10 “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 Ча́до ѕло̀ клене́тъ ѻ҆тца̀ и҆ ма́терь не благослови́тъ.
11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12 Ча́до ѕло̀ пра́ведна себѐ сꙋ́дитъ, и҆схо́да же своегѡ̀ не и҆змы̀.
12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 Ча́до ѕло̀ высѡ́ки ѻ҆́чи и҆́мать, вѣ́ждома же свои́ма возно́ситсѧ.
13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14 Ча́до ѕло̀ ме́чь зꙋ́бы (своѧ̑) и҆́мать, и҆ членѡ́вныѧ ꙗ҆́кѡ сѣ́чиво, є҆́же гꙋби́ти и҆ поѧда́ти смирє́нныѧ ѿ землѝ и҆ ᲂу҆бѡ́гїѧ и҆́хъ ѿ человѣ̑къ.
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 Пїѧ́вица и҆мѣ̀ трѝ дщє́ри, любо́вїю возлю́блєны, и҆ трѝ сїѧ̑ не насы́тишасѧ є҆ѧ̀, и҆ четве́ртаѧ не ᲂу҆довли́сѧ рещѝ: дово́льно (мѝ є҆́сть).
15 “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
16 А҆́дъ и҆ по́хоть жены̀, и҆ землѧ̀ ненапое́наѧ водо́ю и҆ вода̀ и҆ ѻ҆́гнь не рекꙋ́тъ: довлѣ́етъ.
16 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
17 Ѻ҆́ко рꙋга́ющеесѧ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ и҆ досажда́ющее ста́рости ма́терни, да и҆сто́ргнꙋтъ є҆̀ вра́нове ѿ де́брїѧ и҆ да снѣдѧ́тъ є҆̀ птенцы̀ ѡ҆́рли.
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 Трїе́ ми сꙋ́ть невозмѡ́жнаѧ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́ти, и҆ четве́ртагѡ не вѣ́мъ:
18 “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19 слѣда̀ ѻ҆рла̀ парѧ́ща (по воздꙋ́хꙋ) и҆ пꙋтѝ ѕмі́а (ползꙋ́ща) по ка́мени, и҆ стезѝ кораблѧ̀ пловꙋ́ща по мо́рю и҆ пꙋті́й мꙋ́жа въ ю҆́ности (є҆гѡ̀).
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 Тако́въ пꙋ́ть жены̀ блꙋдни́цы: ꙗ҆́же є҆гда̀ сотвори́тъ, и҆ и҆змы́вшисѧ, ничто́же, речѐ, содѣ́ѧхъ нелѣ́по.
20 “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21 Тре́ми трѧсе́тсѧ землѧ̀, четве́ртагѡ же не мо́жетъ понестѝ:
21 “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22 а҆́ще ра́бъ воцари́тсѧ, и҆ безꙋ́мный и҆спо́лнитсѧ пи́щею, и҆ раба̀ а҆́ще и҆зжене́тъ свою̀ госпожꙋ̀,
22 For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
23 и҆ ме́рзкаѧ жена̀ а҆́ще ключи́тсѧ добрꙋ̀ мꙋ́жꙋ.
23 for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24 Четы́ри же сꙋ́ть малѣ̑йшаѧ на землѝ, сїѧ̑ же сꙋ́ть мꙋдрѣ̑йша мꙋ́дрыхъ:
24 “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25 мра́вїє, и҆̀мже нѣ́сть крѣ́пости и҆ ᲂу҆готовлѧ́ютъ въ жа́твꙋ пи́щꙋ:
25 The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26 и҆ хїрогрѵ́лли, ꙗ҆зы́къ не крѣ́покъ, и҆̀же сотвори́ша въ ка́менїихъ до́мы своѧ̑:
26 The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27 безца́рни сꙋ́ть прꙋ́зїе, и҆ вою́ютъ ѿ є҆ди́нагѡ повелѣ́нїѧ благочи́ннѡ:
27 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
28 ꙗ҆́щерица, рꙋка́ми ѡ҆пира́ющисѧ и҆ ᲂу҆до́бь ᲂу҆ловлѧ́ема сꙋ́щи, живе́тъ во тве́рдехъ царе́выхъ.
28 You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29 Трїѐ сꙋ́ть, ꙗ҆̀же благопоспѣ́шнѡ хо́дѧтъ, четве́ртое же, є҆́же до́брѣ прохо́дитъ:
29 “There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
30 скѵ́менъ льво́въ крѣпча́е ѕвѣре́й, и҆́же не ѿвраща́етсѧ, ни ᲂу҆страша́етсѧ скота̀,
30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
31 и҆ пѣ́тель ходѧ̀ въ ко́кошѣхъ благодꙋ́шенъ, и҆ козе́лъ предводи́тель ста́дꙋ, и҆ ца́рь глаго́лѧй къ наро́дꙋ во ꙗ҆зы́цѣ.
31 the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 А҆́ще вда́си себѐ въ весе́лїе и҆ простре́ши рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀ со сва́ромъ, порꙋ́ганъ бꙋ́деши.
32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33 Мельзѝ млеко̀, и҆ бꙋ́детъ ма́сло. А҆́ще ли нѡ́здри че́шеши, и҆зы́детъ кро́вь: а҆́ще же и҆звлече́ши словеса̀, и҆зы́дꙋтъ сꙋ́дове и҆ тѧ̑жбы.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
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Agur
Named in Proverbs 30:1 as the speaker whose words and burden are recorded there, addressed to Ithiel and Ucal.
Cited in the guide: Proverbs 30:1
Ithiel
A man to whom Agur declared his words in Proverbs 30:1.
Cited in the guide: Proverbs 30:1
Jakeh
Named only as the father of Agur, whose words fill Proverbs 30.
Cited in the guide: Proverbs 30:1
Ucal
A man named with Ithiel as addressee of Agur's words in Proverbs 30:1.
Cited in the guide: Proverbs 30:1
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)