KJV King James Version
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 30:1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
WEB World English Bible
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
ASV American Standard Version
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man:—I have wearied myself for God, I have wearied myself for God, and am consumed.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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?
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