Proverbs 30:2

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Proverbs 30:2


← Proverbs 30:1 Proverbs 30:2 (KJV) Proverbs 30:3 →
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.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Surely I am more brutishH1198 than any manH376, and have not the understandingH998 of a manH120.


Original Hebrew

כִּי בַעַר אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ וְלֹא־בִינַת אָדָם לִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּ֤י
ki H3588 HC that
בַ֣עַר
Va.'ar H1198 HAamsa (am) stupid
אָנֹכִ֣י
'a.no.Khi H595 HPp1cs I
מֵ/אִ֑ישׁ
me./'Ish H376 HR/Ncmsa more than/ anyone
וְ/לֹֽא
ve./lo'- H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
בִינַ֖ת
vi.Nat H998 HNcfsc (the) understanding of
אָדָ֣ם
'a.Dam H120 HNcmsa a person
לִֽ/י
L/i HR/Sp1cs (belongs) to/ me
Strong's References
  • H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
  • H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802.
  • H998 — בִּינָה (bîynâh, bee-naw'): from בִּין (bîyn) H995; understanding; knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
  • H1198 — בַּעַר (baʻar, bah'-ar): from בָּעַר (bâʻar) H1197; properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid; brutish (person), foolish.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, ; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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