Proverbs 30:4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? Nor is it any wonder that I have not the knowledge of the Holy; for: WHO HATH ASCENDED UP INTO HEAVEN, OR DESCENDED? - so as to understand what is being done there, so as to tell mortals what he hath seen. We Christians can tell of such a one (). Though we have not ascended into heaven, or descended into the depth; still, in all that is vital to know, we have 'the word nigh' to us (Romans 10:6; .) Who...

Verse Proverbs 30:4. _WHO HATH ASCENDED UP INTO HEAVEN, OR DESCENDED?_] Calmet paraphrases this passage thus: "_Who hath_ descended, c. In order to show the truth of what he was about to say, he observes: _I have_ _not the science of the saints_ for how could I have acquired it? Who is he who could attain to that? _Who has ascended to heaven_ to learn that science, and _who has descended_ in order to publish it? Is the science of salvation one of those things that can be _apprehended_ only by _study_? Is it not a pure gift of the goodness of God? Moses, after having shown to the people the will of God, said to them: 'This commandment which I command thee this day is not hidden from thee; neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?'...

Man is to be humbled to the dust by the thought of the glory of God as seen in the visible creation. WHO HATH ASCENDED UP INTO HEAVEN, OR DESCENDED? - The thought is obviously that of the all-embracing Providence of God, taking in at once the greatest and the least, the highest and the lowest. The mysteries of the winds and of the waters baffle men’s researches. WHAT IS HIS SON’S NAME - The primary thought is that man knows so little of the divine nature that he cannot tell whether he may transfer to it the human relationships with which he is familiar, or must rest in the thought of a unity indivisible and incommunicable. If there is such an Only-begotten of the Father (compare Proverbs 8:30), then His nature, until revealed, must be as incomprehensible by us as that of the Father

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

WHO HATH ASCENDED UP INTO HEAVEN, OR DESCENDED?.... That has been thither to fetch knowledge of God and divine things, and has returned to communicate it. Enoch was taken up to heaven before this time: and Elijah, as is very probable, after; but neither of them returned again, to inform mortals what was to be seen, known, and enjoyed there: since, the Apostle Paul was caught up into the third heaven, and came back again; but then the things he heard were such as it was not lawful for a man to utter: and indeed, since the coming of Christ there is no need of any further revelation to be made nor of any such expedition, in order to obtain it, Romans 10:6. And, properly speaking, there never was any besides him, whose names are Ithiel and Ucal, that ever did this: he lay in the bosom of the Father, and was privy to his whole mind and will; he descended from heaven to earth not by local moti...

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

WHO... ? Can it mean that the speaker here is the speaker of Proverbs 8. viz. the "son" of the last clause of this verse? THE WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....

_ascended … descended_ That he should go there and learn, and come back again to earth and tell what is done there. Comp. John 3:13: "No man hath risen into the region of absolute and eternal truth, so as to look upon it face to face, and in the possession of that knowledge declare it to men." Bp Westcott. It is something of this conviction that calls forth the deeply humble confession of Proverbs 30:2; but it leads not to agnosticism, but to the reverent yet trustful acknowledgement of "the Holy One" who knows all. Comp. for the following questions, Isaiah 40:12-17; Job 38:41. _a garment_ "The wonder of the clouds, floating reservo

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 understanding of a man; 3. And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One. 4. Who hath ascended up into heaven and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? 5. Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him. 6. Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 7. Two things I have asked of thee; Deny me them no