Proverbs 30:1

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. SON OF JAKEH - akin to Hebrew, yikqah, 'obedience.' That Agur was inspired, appears from the expression, THE PROPHECY - Hebrew, masaa' (H4853); the oracle (cf. Smith's 'Dictionary of the Bible' for Hitzig's strange theory and translation, 'son of the queen of Massa' (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30;...

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 wonderful things_, 18-20. _Three things that disquiet the land_, 21-23. _Four little but very intelligent animals_, 24-28. _Four things that go well_, 29-31. _A man should cease from doing foolishly, and from strife_, 32, 33. NOTES ON CHAP. XXX Verse...

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....

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 (Proverbs 30:1), is followed by apothegms on different subjects (Proverbs 30:7). Cornelius a Lapide offers the following opinion concerning this appendix, which no one can hesitate to say is well founded, if he attempts to give it a spiritual interpretation, and to discern mysteries under the literal meaning: "Quarta haec pars elegantissima est et pulcherrima, aeque ac diffic

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 of doubt; some of the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Gersom, and likewise some Christian writers f, take him to be Solomon himself, who calls himself Agur, which is said to signify "a gatherer"; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the words of the gatherer, the son of the vomiter"; just as he calls himself Koheleth, or "the caller", or "preacher", Ecclesiastes 1:1. The reason given of this name is, because he gathered wisdom and the law g; or, as Jarchi, he gathered wisdom, and vomited it; that is, delivered it out to others; so he did, he sought after and attained to more wisdom than any befo

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: Solomon, Jedidiah, Koheleth, Son of Jakeh, Agur and Lemuel. But this opinion cannot be verified, nor do we know who Agur the son of Jakeh was. The Septuagint and the Vulgate have translated the Hebrew words and formed a sentence out of them. “Agur” means “assembler” and Jakeh has the meaning of “pious,” so that some think that Agur means an unknown godly man who gathered these sayings and they were embodied in this book. We leave the name as it is, and believe that Agur, the son of Jakeh, is the name of the author of this chapter. “Whoever Agur was, he had a certain marked individuality; he combines meditation on lofty questions of theology with a sound theory of practical life. He was able to...

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 discussed. The VSS show a wide divergence in their interpretation. It is perhaps simplest to accept the title as referring to some sage of repute among the Wisdom circles in the Greek period. Proverbs 30:1 b has been interpreted in many ways, the proper names being taken as significant words. The most interesting is that which represents the sage as saying (_cf. mg.),_ I have wearied myself, O God, I ha

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 of some of the Minor Prophets. PROPHECY. oracle, or burden. MAN. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. ITHIEL. El [is] with me. App-4. UCAL. I shall be able....

_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 announcement, or _oracle_, or _prophecy_, as being "taken up" (comp. Numbers 23:18) by the speaker. The reading of R.V. marg. _Jakeh of Massa_, making Massa a proper name, is however preferred by some scholars. See Proverbs 31:1, note. _the man_ a title of excellence (_vir_), used of himself as a prophet or teacher by Balaam,...

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 any man, and have not the understanding of a man_. THE sayings of the wise and good have in all ages been regarded with veneration, and been treasured up in the minds of men as a kind of sacred deposit, for the enriching and instructing of future generations. We have here a very remarkable saying of Agur the son of Jakeh; to which I would now call your attention. It does indeed, we must confess, appear, at first sight, a rash expression, savouring rather of intemperance than of sound discretion. But as it was delivered to “Ithiel and Ucal,” who were probably his disciples; and as it was introduced with the word, “Surely,” which marks it as the result of his deliberate judgmen