See the introduction to Proverbs. According to the different reading, there noted, the inscription ends with: “the man spake,” and the words that follow, are the beginning of the confession, “I have wearied myself after God and have fainted.”
Spake - The Hebrew word is that commonly used of the utterance of a divine oracle.
CHAPTER XXX _Agur's confession of faith_, 1-6. _His prayer_, 7-9. _Of wicked generations_, 10-14. _Things that are never satisfied_, 15, 16. _Of him who despises his parents_, 17. _Three wonderf...
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...
AGUR. I shall fear. Probably. master of assemblies, as in Ecclesiastes 12:11. Nothing is known of him, but we accept all that was in the Scriptures which the Lord Jesus referred to. We know as little...
_the prophecy_ Lit. THE BURDEN, as the word is frequently rendered (e.g. Zechariah 9:1; Malachi 1:1, where see notes in this Series). It may mean either _burden_from its weighty character, as a Divine...
DISCOURSE: 823 A SAINT’S VIEWS OF HIMSELF Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than an...
THE WORDS OF AGUR, &C.— According to the signification of the original terms, this might be rendered, _The words of him who has recollected himself, the son of obedience._ The generality of the father...
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...
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, AGUR - a figurative name, perhaps; the collector, from Hebrew, 'aagar (H103), to collect...
30:1 prophecy (c-10) Lit. 'burden' or 'oracle;' as 'music,' 1 Chronicles 15:22 . The word 'uttered,' here is as Psalms 36:1 ....
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;...
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...
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 ...
XXX. 8. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON END HERE. THE REST OF THE BOOK IS COMPOSED OF THREE APPENDICES: (a) THE WORDS OF AGUR; (b) THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL; AND (C) THE PRAISE OF A GOOD WIFE (Proverbs 30:31...
דִּבְרֵ֤י ׀ אָג֥וּר בִּן ־יָקֶ֗ה הַ מַּ֫שָּׂ֥א...
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...
The words of (a) Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to (b) Ithiel and Ucal, (a) Who was an excellent man in virtue and knowledge in the time of Solomon. (b) Wh...
Gatherer, &c., or, as it is in the Latin, Congregans, the son of Vomens. The Latin interpreter has given us in this place the signification of the Hebrew names, instead of the names themselves, which...
CONTENTS. Here are mingled, with other divine things, a collection of Proverbs, as before: but it should seem to be not of the writings of Solomon. Their tendency is, however, the same; and, no doubt...
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...
THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH,.... Here begins, according to Aben Ezra, the fourth part of this book; though, according to others, it is the fifth; Proverbs 22:17; Who this Agur was is a matter o...
_The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,_ Ver. 1. _The words of Agur the son of Jakeh._] The Vulgate renders, _Verba Congreganti...
_The words of Agur_ Who this Agur was no one has ever yet been able to show: it is probable, however, that both he and Jakeh, his father, were well known in Israel at the time this chapter and the nex...
GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, a wise man, otherwise unknown, some of whose maxims were added to the proverbs of Solomon as the first supplement, EVEN THE PROPHECY, the prophetic utterance: THE...
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...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 30 Agur's prophecy, PROVERBS 30:1; wherein he acknowledgeth his own ignorance, PROVERBS 30:2,3. The purity of God's word, with the happiness of them that trust in him, PROVERBS 30:5....
Proverbs 30:1 words H1697 Agur H94 son H1121 Jakeh H3348 utterance H4853 man H1397 declared H5002 (H8803) Ithiel...
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....
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...
2 Peter 1:19; Proverbs 31:1...
Jakeh — Who lived either in Solomon's time, or rather afterwards, and was famous in his generation for wisdom and piety. The prophecy — The prophetical instruction; for as the prophets were public pre...