| Proverbs 30:2 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | I'm more like a dumb animal than a human being. I don't even have human understanding.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
| ASV: | Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man; |
| BBE: | For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man: |
| DBY: | Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence. |
| ERV: | Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man: |
| JPS: | Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man; |
| WBS: | Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
| WEB: | "Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding. |
| YLT: | For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. |
| Proverbs 30:2 Cross References |
| XREF: | Psalm 49:10 For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 73:22 Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 30:2 Surely I [am] more {c} senseless than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
(c) In this he declares his great humility who would not attribute any wisdom to himself but all to God. |
| WES: | 30:2 Surely - This he utters from a modest and humble apprehension of his own ignorance. |
| MHC: | 30:1-6 Agur speaks of himself as wanting a righteousness, and having done very foolishly. And it becomes us all to have low thoughts of ourselves. He speaks of himself as wanting revelation to guide him in the ways of truth and wisdom. The more enlightened people are, the more they lament their ignorance; the more they pray for clearer, still clearer discoveries of God, and his rich grace in Christ Jesus. In ver. |
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