"Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man." — Proverbs 30:2

Proverbs 30:2 · KJV

“Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.”

— Proverbs 30:2

Verse 1

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, {even} the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

Verse 3

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. {have: Heb. know}

Proverbs 30 — Context

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. {have: Heb. know}

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?

Cross References

Psalms 73:22

So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}

Job 42:3-6

Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

1 Corinthians 8:2

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is brutish in {his} knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image {is} falsehood, and {there is} no breath in them. {brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know}