Daniel 3:15-18; Proverbs 16:14; Proverbs 20:2
A greyhound - The Hebrew word occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. The literal meaning is: “one with loins girded;” and some have referred t...
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....
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
A greyhound, &c.— Houbigant renders it, A cock who erects himself in his walking; a he-goat, who marches before the flock; a king, who goeth f...
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. A greyhound - Hebrew, one girt in the loins. Gesenius explains...
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,...
Instead of greyhound LXX has the 'cock.' The fourth creature can hardly be the king: the passage is corrupt.
A greyhound. — It is very doubtful what animal is meant here as being “ girt [i.e., slender] in the loins.” Several have been suggested, e.g., t...
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...
A greyhound ,.... So Gersom interprets the word; but Jarchi owns he does not know what is meant; and Aben Ezra only says, it is the name of a living...
There be three things which go well That walk decently, and with great alacrity and courage, or whose motion is majestic; A lion, which turneth no...
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 Majestic and Stately. 29 There be three things which go...
A greyhound, called in Hebrew, girt in the lions ; either because its loins are slender, and as it were girt up into a little compass, and tight o...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:29 . Go well , rather, “are of stately walk.” Proverbs 30:31 . Delitzsch renders the last clause of this verse:—...
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
a greyhound, slender in his loins and possessed of great and graceful speed; an he-goat also, known for strength and courage; and a king against w...
An he — goat — Which marches in the head of the flock in a grave and stately manner, conducting them with great courage and resolution, and being r...
31 A greyhound;j an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.