Proverbs 30:18
What meaning of the proverbs 30:18 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 30:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:"
What does Proverbs 30:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:"
Another enigma. The four things of Proverbs 30:16 agreed in the common point of insatiableness; the four now mentioned agree in this, that they leave no trace behind them. Proverbs 30:19 THE WAY OF...
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 muc...
_too wonderful_ The wonder consists in these things leaving no trace behind them. Two of the four are used as illustrations of the transitoriness of a vicious life in Wis 5:10-11 (R.V.): "As a ship p...
TEXT Proverbs 30:11-20 11. There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their...
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: THERE BE THREE (THINGS) ... YEA, FOUR WHICH I KNOW NOT: THE WAY OF AN EAGLE IN THE AIR, THE WAY OF A SERPENT UPON A...
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 (Proverbs 30) and King Lemuel (Proverbs 31:1-9...
TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME. — The wonder in Agur’s eyes seems to be that none of the four leave any trace behind them. (Comp. Wis. 5:10 _sqq._) For a spiritual interpretation of these and other passages in...
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה נִפְלְא֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נִּי _וְ֝_†_אַרְבָּעָ֗ה_† לֹ֣א יְדַעְתִּֽים׃...
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...
LESSONS FROM COMMON THINGS Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount...
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 horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not fi...
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 follow...
THERE BE THREE [THINGS WHICH] ARE TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME,.... Which were above his reach and comprehension; what he could not find out, nor account for, nor sufficiently admire; YEA, FOUR THINGS WHICH...
There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: Ver. 18. _There be three things which are too wonderful._] The wisest man that is cannot give a reason for all thin...
_There be three things too wonderful for me_ The way whereof I cannot trace; _the way of an eagle in the air_ Either, 1st, The manner of her flight, which is exceedingly high, swift, and strong: or, r...
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, beyond the explanation of an ordinary mind, YEA, FOUR WHICH I KNOW NOT, cannot understand, which are incomprehensible:...
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...
The way whereof I cannot trace or find out....
Proverbs 30:18 three H7969 wonderful H6381 (H8738) four H702 understand H3045 (H8804) too - Job 42:3; Psalms 139:6...
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....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:18_ DEPTHS OF WICKEDNESS I. THERE ARE DEEDS OF INIQUITY WHICH LEAVE NO OUTWARD IMMEDIATE TRACE. The path which the eagle opens by her wings when she so...
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)...
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...
Job 42:3; Psalms 139:6...
Wonderful — The way whereof I cannot trace....