King James Version
Proverbs 30:1 in the King James Version says “The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,”
Proverbs 30:1 · KJV
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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. have: Heb. know
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“even the prophecy”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
“even unto Ithiel”
H384ithiel, the name of an israelite, also of a symbolical person
“even unto Ithiel”
H384ithiel, the name of an israelite, also of a symbolical person
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