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30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
30:2  Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
30:3  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
30:4  Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
30:5  Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
30:6  Add not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
30:7  Two things have I required of you; deny me not them before I die:
30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me:
30:9  Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
30:10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
30:11  There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
30:12  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
30:13  There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
30:14  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
30:15  The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
30:16  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough.
30:17  The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
30:18  There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
30:19  The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
30:20  This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
30:21  For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
30:22  For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
30:23  For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress.
30:24  There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
30:25  The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
30:26  The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
30:27  The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
30:28  The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces.
30:29  There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk:
30:30  A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any;
30:31  A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
30:32  If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.
30:33  Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.