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\c 30
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\v 1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle:
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\q This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
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\f + \ft Some versions have \fqa This man declared, "I am weary, O God, I am weary. I am unable to do anything." \fqb \f*
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\q
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\v 2 Surely I am more like an animal than any human
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\q and I do not have the understanding of a human being.
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\q
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\v 3 I have not learned wisdom,
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\q nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.
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\q
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\v 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
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\q Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
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\q Who has gathered up the waters in a cloak?
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\q Who has established all the ends of the earth?
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\q What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
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\s5
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\q
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\v 5 Every word of God is tested,
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\q he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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\q
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\v 6 Do not add to his words,
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\q or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved to be a liar.
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\q
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\v 7 Two things I ask of you,
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\q do not withhold them from me before I die:
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\q
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\v 8 Put vanity and lies far away from me.
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\q Give me neither poverty nor riches,
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\q just give me the food I need.
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\q
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\v 9 For if I have too much, I would deny you and say, "Who is Yahweh?"
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\q Or if I become poor,
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\q I would steal and profane the name of my God.
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\q
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\v 10 Do not slander a slave before his master,
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\q or he will curse you and you will be held guilty.
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\q
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\v 11 A generation that curses their father
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\q and does not bless their mother,
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\q
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\v 12 that is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
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\q but they are not washed of their filth.
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\q
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\v 13 That is a generation—how haughty are their eyes
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\q and their eyelids are lifted up!—
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\q
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\v 14 they are a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jawbones are knives,
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\q so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
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\q
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\v 15 The leech has two daughters, "Give and give," they cry.
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\q There are three things that are never satisfied,
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\q four that never say, "Enough":
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\q
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\v 16 Sheol, the barren womb,
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\q land thirsty for water,
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\q and the fire that never says, "Enough."
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\q
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\v 17 The eye that mocks a father
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\q and scorns obedience to a mother,
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\q his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
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\q and he will be eaten by the vultures.
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\q
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\v 18 There are three things that are too wonderful for me,
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\q four that I do not understand:
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\q
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\v 19 the way of an eagle in the sky;
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\q the way of a snake on a rock;
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\q the way of a ship in the heart of the sea;
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\q and the way of a man with a young woman.
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\q
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\v 20 This is the way of an adulteress—
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\q she eats and she wipes her mouth
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\q and says, "I have done nothing wrong."
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\q
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\v 21 Under three things the earth trembles
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\q and the fourth it cannot endure:
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\q
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\v 22 a slave when he becomes king;
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\q a fool when he is filled with food;
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\q
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\v 23 a hated woman when she marries;
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\q and a maid when she takes the place of her mistress.
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\q
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\v 24 Four things on earth are small
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\q and yet they are very wise:
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\q
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\v 25 the ants are creatures that are not strong,
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\q but they prepare their food in the summer;
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\q
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\v 26 the rock badgers are not mighty creatures,
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\q but they make their homes in the rocks.
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\q
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\v 27 Locusts have no king,
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\q but all of them march in rank.
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\q
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\v 28 As for the lizard, you can hold it in your two hands,
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\q yet they are found in kings' palaces.
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\q
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\v 29 There are three things that are stately in their stride
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\q and four that are stately in how they walk:
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\q
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\v 30 a lion, strongest among wild animals—
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\q it does not turn away from anything;
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\q
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\v 31 a strutting rooster; a goat;
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\q and a king whose soldiers are beside him.
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\q
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\v 32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
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\q or if you have been devising evil—
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\q put your hand over your mouth.
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\q
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\v 33 As churning milk makes butter
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\q and as one's nose will produce blood if it is twisted,
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\q so deeds done in anger produce conflict.
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