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. 2 I'm so stupid I'm not really a man; I can't even think like a human being. 3 I have not learned wisdom; I have no knowledge of the Holy One. 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? 5 Every word God says has been proved true. He defends everyone who comes to him for protection. 6 Don't add anything to his words, or he will criticize you and you'll be shown to be a liar. 7 God, I want to request two things from you. Please don't refuse to let me have them before I come to die. 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. 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. 10 Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you and you'll suffer for it. 11 There are some who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. 12 There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed. 13 There are some who think themselves so high and mighty, and who look down on others. 14 There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society. 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!”: 16 The grave, the womb that doesn't become pregnant, the earth thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough!” 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. 18 These three things are amazingly hard for me, four things I just can't understand: 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. 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!” 21 Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support: 22 a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig, 23 an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place. 24 There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise: 25 Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food. 26 Hyraxes—they don't have much power, but they make their homes in the rock. 27 Locusts—they don't have a king, but they all march in line abreast. 28 Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace. 29 There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move: 30 The lion, supreme among wild animals, who isn't frightened of anything. 31 The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army. 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. 33 Just as churning milk produces butter, and twisting someone's nose makes it bleed, so stirring up anger causes arguments.
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Personas
Agur
Named in Proverbs 30:1 as the speaker whose words and burden are recorded there, addressed to Ithiel and Ucal.
Citado en la guía: Proverbs 30:1
Jakeh
Named only as the father of Agur, whose words fill Proverbs 30.
Citado en la guía: Proverbs 30:1
Referencias cruzadas (29)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbios 31:1; 2 Pedro 1:19–21
- 2 Salmo 73:22; 1 Corintios 3:18; Proverbios 5:12; 1 Corintios 8:2; Isaías 6:5
- 3 Efesios 3:18–19; Apocalipsis 3:7; Proverbios 9:10; Romanos 11:33; Job 11:7–9
- 4 Juan 3:13; Efesios 4:8–10; Job 26:8; Isaías 9:6; Isaías 7:14
- 5 Salmo 18:30; Salmo 12:6; Santiago 3:17; Salmo 84:11; Salmo 3:3
- 6 Deuteronomio 12:32; Deuteronomio 4:2; Apocalipsis 22:18–19; Job 13:7–9; 1 Corintios 15:15
- 7 Lucas 10:42; Salmo 27:4; 2 Reyes 2:9; 1 Reyes 3:5–9; Salmo 21:2
- 8 1 Timoteo 6:6–8; Salmo 62:9–10; Salmo 119:37; Mateo 6:33; Lucas 11:3
- 9 Oseas 13:6; Deuteronomio 31:20; Ezequiel 16:49–50; Deuteronomio 8:10–14; Nehemías 9:25–26
- 10 Eclesiastés 7:21; Romanos 14:4; Daniel 3:8–18; 2 Samuel 19:26–27; 2 Crónicas 24:22–24
- 11 Proverbios 20:20; Deuteronomio 27:16; Proverbios 30:17; Éxodo 21:17; Proverbios 30:12–14
- 12 Lucas 18:11; Proverbios 16:2; 2 Timoteo 3:5; Jeremías 2:35; Tito 3:5
- 13 Proverbios 6:17; Isaías 2:11; Salmo 101:5; Salmo 131:1; Ezequiel 28:9
- 14 Salmo 57:4; Salmo 3:7; Salmo 14:4; Job 29:17; Salmo 58:6
- 15 Proverbios 30:21; Romanos 16:18; Proverbios 6:16; Proverbios 30:29; Judas 11–12
- 16 Proverbios 27:20; Habacuc 2:5; Génesis 30:1
- 17 Proverbios 30:11; Proverbios 23:22; Deuteronomio 21:18–21; Levítico 20:9; Proverbios 20:20
- 18 Job 42:3; Salmo 139:6
- 20 Proverbios 7:13–23; Proverbios 5:6; Números 5:11–30
- 22 Proverbios 19:10; Eclesiastés 10:7; 1 Samuel 25:36–38; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:10–11
- 23 Proverbios 21:19; Proverbios 27:15; Proverbios 21:9; Proverbios 29:21; Proverbios 19:13
- 24 Job 12:7
- 25 Proverbios 6:6–8
- 26 Salmo 104:18; Levítico 11:5
- 27 Joel 1:6–7; Joel 2:7–11; Salmo 105:34; Éxodo 10:4–6; Joel 2:25
- 30 Jueces 14:18; Números 23:24
- 31 Daniel 3:15–18; Proverbios 20:2; Proverbios 16:14
- 32 Job 21:5; Romanos 3:19; Job 40:4; Miqueas 7:16–17; Proverbios 26:12
- 33 Proverbios 29:22; Proverbios 17:14; Proverbios 28:25; Proverbios 15:18; Proverbios 26:21
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)