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Proverbs 30:3
I neither learned wisdom nor have the knowledge of the Holy, since to know God is the center of all true wisdom. It is impossible for mere man to fathom the mysteries of the divine essence.
I neither learned wisdom nor have the knowledge of the Holy, since to know God is the center of all true wisdom. It is impossible for mere man to fathom the mysteries of the divine essence.
Verse Proverbs 30:3. _I NEITHER LEARNED WISDOM_] I have never been a scholar in any of those schools of the _wise men_, nor _have the knowledge of_ _the holy_, קדשים kedoshim, of the _saints_ or _holy...
He found, when he looked within, that all his learning was as nothing. He had heard of God only “by the hearing of the ear” Job 42:5, and now he discovered how little that availed. THE HOLY - The Hol...
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Sol...
PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only. Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been much...
LEARNED. have been taught; with emphasis on taught. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. NOR HAVE. Nor yet have I. THE HOLY. holy ones: or, the Most Holy One....
_the holy_ Rather, THE HOLY ONE. See Proverbs 9:10 note....
CHAPTER 30 TEXT Proverbs 30:1-10 1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal: 2. Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the un...
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. I NETHER LEARNED WISDOM, NOR HAVE (KNOW) THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY - naturally. As in Proverbs 30:2 he disclaimed original knowledge, s...
30:3 Holy. (d-13) See Note i, ch. 9.10....
THE WORDS OF AGUR The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God;...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 30 THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL (PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9) These passages are by Agur ...
Agur had been studying hard. He had seen many wonderful things that he could not explain. He had tried to understand God. And he had tried to understand the world. But God is so great (1 Corinthians 1...
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY — _i.e._, the Holy One, God. (Comp. Proverbs 9:10.)...
וְ לֹֽא ־לָמַ֥דְתִּי חָכְמָ֑ה וְ דַ֖עַת קְדֹש
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view whic...
THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the return from...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Certainly these verses contain what may well be supposed...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
I NEITHER LEARNED WISDOM,.... Natural wisdom or philosophy, so as to understand the nature of things, and reason about them in a philosophical manner; or political wisdom, so as to know how to govern...
_I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy._ Ver. 3. _I neither learned wisdom._] As he had it not by nature, _a_ so neither had he attained unto it by any pains or skill of his ow...
_Surely I am more brutish_, &c. This he utters from an humble and modest apprehension of his own ignorance. _I neither learned wisdom_ I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom; _nor have the kn...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
HAVE: _ Heb._ know...
I NEITHER LEARNED WISDOM; I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom, as the sons of prophets were, but must own myself to be an unlearned man, as the prophet Amos was, AMOS 7:14,15. Or, I have n...
Proverbs 30:3 learned H3925 (H8804) wisdom H2451 have H3045 (H8799) knowledge H1847 Holy H6918 neither -...
CONTENTS: The words of Agur. CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal. CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:2 I AM TOO STUPID TO BE A MAN. Wisdom texts often begin with a teacher proclaiming that he is wise and so his words ought to be obeyed. Here, Agur does just the opposite:...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 30:1. AGUR. There have been many conjectures about this person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an alleg...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 30:1 PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ...
This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men. Now in the thirtieth chapter we have, The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1) Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
Amos 7:14; Amos 7:15; Ephesians 3:18; Ephesians 3:19; Isaiah 30:11;...
I neither learned — I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom. Of the holy — Of the holy prophets. I have not such Divine inspirations as prophets strictly so called have received....