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Proverbs 30 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Palabras de Agur, hijo de Jaqué, el de Masá. La profecía. Declaración del varón a Itiel y a Ucal.
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2 En verdad soy el más ignorante de los hombres, Y no tengo entendimiento humano.
2 “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
3 No aprendí sabiduría, Ni comprendo la ciencia del Santo.
3 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 ¿Quién subió a los cielos, 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 Toda Palabra de ʼElohim es limpia. Él es Escudo a los que en Él esperan.
5 “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 No añadas a sus Palabras, Para que 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 Dos cosas te pedí, No me las niegues mientras viva:
7 “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
8 Aparta de mí la vanidad y la mentira, Y no me des pobreza ni riqueza. Mantenme con el pan necesario,
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 No sea que me sacie y te niegue, o diga: ¿Quién es Yavé? O que, por ser pobre robe Y blasfeme el Nombre de mi ʼElohim.
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 No acuses al esclavo ante su ʼadón, No sea que te maldiga, y seas hallado culpable.
10 “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 Hay quien maldice a su padre, Y no bendice a su madre.
11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12 Hay quien es puro en su propia opinión, Pero no está lavado de su impureza.
12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 Hay quien mira con ojos altivos Y párpados bien levantados por arrogancia.
13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14 Hay quien tiene dientes como espadas Y muelas como cuchillos Para devorar a los pobres de la tierra Y a los necesitados de entre los hombres.
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 La sanguijuela tiene dos hijas: Dame y Dame. Tres cosas hay que nunca se sacian, Aun la cuarta jamás 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 El Seol, la matriz estéril, La tierra, que no se harta de agua, Y el fuego, que nunca dice: ¡Basta!
16 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
17 Ojo que se burla del padre Y desprecia la obediencia a la madre, ¡Arránquenlo los cuervos del valle Y devórenlo los polluelos del buitre!
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 Tres cosas me son ocultas, Y tampoco comprendo la cuarta:
18 “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19 El rastro del águila en el aire, El rastro de la culebra sobre la peña, El rastro de la nave en el mar, Y el rastro del hombre en la doncella.
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 Así procede la mujer adúltera: Come, se limpia la boca y dice: Nada malo hice.
20 “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21 Por tres cosas se estremece la tierra, Y la cuarta no puede soportar:
21 “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22 Por el esclavo, cuando llega a reinar, Por el necio, cuando se harta de pan,
22 For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
23 Por la mujer aborrecida, cuando se casa, Y por una esclava, cuando desplaza a su señora.
23 for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24 Cuatro cosas son pequeñas en la tierra, Pero mucha más sabias que los sabios:
24 “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25 Las hormigas, pueblo no fuerte, Pero preparan su sustento en el verano;
25 The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26 Los conejos, pueblo nada esforzado, Pero hacen su casa en la roca;
26 The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27 Las langostas, que no tienen rey, Pero salen todas en cuadrillas;
27 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
28 Las lagartijas, que se agarran con la mano, Pero están en los palacios reales.
28 You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
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 El león, el más fuerte entre todas las bestias, Que no se vuelve atrás por nada;
30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
31 El gallo que erguido camina, También el macho cabrío, Y un rey, cuando sus tropas están con él.
31 the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32 Si te enalteciste neciamente, O tramaste el mal, pon tu mano sobre tu boca.
32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33 Porque así como al batir la leche se saca mantequilla, Y al que recio se suena le sale sangre, 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.”
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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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What the Fathers said
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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)