Deuteronomy 2:25; Genesis 36:7; Genesis 4:13; Job 40:5; Proverbs 18:5; Proverbs 29:9
For four which it cannot bear - Better: four it cannot bear. Here the common element is that of being intolerable, and the four examples are divi...
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....
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cann...
For three things the earth is disquieted— We have here an answer to another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which he tells...
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For three (things) the earth is disquieted ... for a servant whe...
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,...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectur...
Lessons from Common Things Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How...
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 writi...
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The g...
For three [things] the earth is disquieted ,.... The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear ; they are a load...
For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear: Ver. 21. For three things the earth is disquieted. ] Such trouble...
For three things the earth That is, the inhabitants of the earth; is disquieted By their insolence and impudence they cause great disturbances in...
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...
Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too...
The earth is disquieted; either, 1. The earth itself trembleth and is moved; so it is an hyperbole. Or rather, 2. The inhabitants of the earth....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:23 . Odious , or unloved . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:21-23 BURDENS GRIEVOUS TO BE BORNE...
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 ti...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introd...
Deducing Truths from Common Experience
For three things the earth is disquieted, trembling as under an unbearable burden, and for four which it cannot bear:
Four — Which are intolerable in human societies.
21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: