Proverbs 30:2

A confession of ignorance, with which compare the saying of Socrates that he was wise only so far as he knew that he knew nothing, or that of Asaph Psalms 73:22.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Surely I [am] more (c) senseless than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man. (c) In this he declares his great humility who would not a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely I am more brutish than any man. — Rather, than that I can be called a man, one “formed in the image of God.” (Comp. Psalms 73:22 .)
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 fur...
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. Certai...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely I am more brutish than [any] man ,.... "Every man is [become] brutish in his knowledge"; man in his original state was a knowing creature but...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man. Ver. 2. Surely I am more brutish than any man. ] Or, Surely I...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 chara...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the p...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

You come to me with a great opinion of my wisdom, and you expect that I should inform and instruct you in all things, yea, even in the greatest myste...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:1 . Agur . There have been many conjectures about this person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some h...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Word as the Source and Dispenser of all Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

surely I am more brutish than any man, or, "for a man I am lacking in sense," for which reason he finds himself unable to fathom the divine nature,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:18 ; 1 Corinthians 8:2 ; 2 Peter 2:12-16 ; Isaiah 6:5 ; James 1:5 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Job 42:3-6 ; Proverbs 5:12 ; Psalms 73:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Surely — This he utters from a modest and humble apprehension of his own ignorance.

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 30:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 30:2