Proverbs 30 Free Bible Version
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1 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.
1 PALABRAS de Agur, hijo de Jachê: La profecía que dijo el varón á Ithiel, á Ithiel y á Ucal.
2 I'm so stupid I'm not really a man; I can't even think like a human being.
2 Ciertamente más rudo soy yo que ninguno, ni tengo entendimiento de hombre.
3 I have not learned wisdom; I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
3 Yo ni aprendí sabiduría, ni conozco la ciencia del Santo.
4 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?
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?
5 Every word God says has been proved true. He defends everyone who comes to him for protection.
5 Toda palabra de Dios [es] limpia; es escudo á los que en él esperan.
6 Don't add anything to his words, or he will criticize you and you'll be shown to be a liar.
6 No añadas á sus palabras, porque no te reprenda, y seas hallado mentiroso.
7 God, I want to request two things from you. Please don't refuse to let me have them before I come to die.
7 Dos cosas te he demandado; no me [las] niegues antes que muera.
8 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.
8 Vanidad y palabra mentirosa aparta de mí. No me des pobreza ni riquezas; manténme del pan que he menester;
9 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.
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.
10 Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you and you'll suffer for it.
10 No acuses al siervo ante su señor, porque no te maldiga, y peques.
11 There are some who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
11 Hay generación que maldice á su padre, y á su madre no bendice.
12 There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
12 Hay generación limpia en su opinión, si bien no se ha limpiado su inmundicia.
13 There are some who think themselves so high and mighty, and who look down on others.
13 Hay generación cuyos ojos son altivos, y cuyos párpados son alzados.
14 There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.
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.
15 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!”:
15 La sanguijuela tiene dos hijas [que se llaman], Trae, trae. Tres cosas hay que nunca se hartan; [aun] la cuarta nunca dice, Basta:
16 The grave, the womb that doesn't become pregnant, the earth thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough!”
16 El sepulcro, y la matriz estéril, la tierra no harta de aguas, y el fuego que jamás dice, Basta.
17 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.
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.
18 These three things are amazingly hard for me, four things I just can't understand:
18 Tres cosas me son ocultas; aun tampoco sé la cuarta:
19 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.
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.
20 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!”
20 Tal es el rastro de la mujer adúltera: come, y limpia su boca, y dice: No he hecho maldad.
21 Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support:
21 Por tres cosas se alborota la tierra, y la cuarta no puede sufrir:
22 a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig,
22 Por el siervo cuando reinare; y por el necio cuando se hartare de pan;
23 an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.
23 Por la aborrecida cuando se casare; y por la sierva cuando heredare á su señora.
24 There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:
24 Cuatro cosas son de las más pequeñas de la tierra, y las mismas son más sabias que los sabios:
25 Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food.
25 Las hormigas, pueblo no fuerte, y en el verano preparan su comida;
26 Hyraxes—they don't have much power, but they make their homes in the rock.
26 Los conejos, pueblo nada esforzado, y ponen su casa en la piedra;
27 Locusts—they don't have a king, but they all march in line abreast.
27 Las langostas, no tienen rey, y salen todas acuadrilladas;
28 Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace.
28 La araña, ase con las manos, y está en palacios de rey.
29 There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:
29 Tres cosas hay de hermoso andar, y la cuarta pasea muy bien:
30 The lion, supreme among wild animals, who isn't frightened of anything.
30 El león, fuerte entre todos los animales, que no torna atrás por nadie;
31 The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.
31 El [lebrel] ceñido de lomos; asimismo el macho cabrío; y un rey contra el cual ninguno se levanta.
32 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.
32 Si caiste, [fué] porque te enalteciste; y si mal pensaste, [pon] el dedo sobre la boca.
33 Just as churning milk produces butter, and twisting someone's nose makes it bleed, so stirring up anger causes arguments.
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.
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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
Jakeh
Named only as the father of Agur, whose words fill Proverbs 30.
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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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)