“ I neither learned wisdom, nor havea the knowledge of the holy. ”
He found, when he looked within, that all his learning was as nothing. He had heard of God only “by the hearing of the ear” Job 42:5 , and now he discovered how little that availed. The holy -...
Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only. Proverbs 30:1 . The title is extremely obscure, a...
learned . have been taught; with emphasis on taught. wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . Nor have . Nor yet have I. the holy . holy ones: or, the Most Holy One.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. I neither learned wisdom - I have never been a scholar in any of those schools of the wise men, nor have the knowledge of the holy, קדשים...
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. I nether learned wisdom, nor have (know) the knowledge of the holy - naturally. As in Proverbs 30:2 he disclaimed original know...
The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself,...
The knowledge of the holy — i.e. , the Holy One, God. (Comp. Proverbs 9:10 .)
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view...
the Advice of a Shrewd Observer Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the retur...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s t...
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. Certainly these verses contain what may well be supposed...
I neither learned wisdom ,.... Natural wisdom or philosophy, so as to understand the nature of things, and reason about them in a philosophical manner; or political wisdom, so as to know how to gove...
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Ver. 3. I neither learned wisdom. ] As he had it not by nature, a so neither had he attained unto it by any pains or skill of his...
Surely I am more brutish , &c. This he utters from an humble and modest apprehension of his own ignorance. I neither learned wisdom I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom; nor have t...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written...
The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithi...
I neither learned wisdom; I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom, as the sons of prophets were, but must own myself to be an unlearned man, as the prophet Amos was, Amos 7:14,15 . Or, I...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:1 . Agur . There have been many conjectures about this person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an...
Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the sourc...
God's Word as the Source and Dispenser of all Wisdom
Amos 7:14 ; Amos 7:15 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; Ephesians 3:19 ; Isaiah 30:11 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:3 ; Job 11:7-9 ; John 17:3 ; Matthew 11:27 ; Matthew 16:17 ; Revelation 3:7...
I neither learned — I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom. Of the holy — Of the holy prophets. I have not such Divine inspirations as prophets strictly so called have received.