Provérbios 30:2-3 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:2-3

Confirms what is said in Proverbs 30:1 concerning the fruitlessness of the investigation there mentioned; the more he sought and studied, the more conscious he became of his own ignorance and of God's incomreprehensibility. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:3

I neither learned wisdom. With all my eager longing and striving I did not attain to such wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One ; k'doshim , plural of "excellence," like elohim ( Proverbs 9:10 ; Hosea 12:1 (Hebrew); see note on Proverbs 1:20 ; and comp. Ecclesiastes 5:8 ; Ecclesiastes 12:1 ). The knowledge of the all holy God was beyond his grasp ( Job 11:7 , etc.). Theology is a higher science than metaphysics, and cannot be reached by that ladder. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:2-3

Proverbs 30:2-3. 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 the knowledge of the holy Hebrew, קדשׁים , of holy persons, namely, of the holy prophets. I have not such divine inspirations as prophets, strictly so called, have received. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:1-9

30:1-31:31 OTHER COLLECTIONS OF WISE SAYINGSThe personal testimony of Agur (30:1-9)Agur, some of whose sayings are collected here, was apparently a well known wisdom teacher in the Palestine region. He begins his instruction with a confession that though he longs to know God he cannot, because he is merely a man. No human being can do the great works God has done. Agur challenges his hearers to tell him the name of any person (or the name of that person’s son, if they prefer) who has been to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 30:2

Surely = [True it is] that. man = an educated man, or peer. Hebrew. 'ish . App-14 . understanding. Hebrew. binih. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . a man. Hebrew. 'adam : a commoner. App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 30:3

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. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 30:2

2-4. brutish—stupid, a strong term to denote his lowly self-estimation; or he may speak of such as his natural condition, as contrasted with God's all-seeing comprehensive knowledge and almighty power. The questions of this clause emphatically deny the attributes mentioned to be those of any creature, thus impressively strengthening the implied reference of the former to God (compare Deuteronomy 30:12-14; Isaiah 40:12; Ephesians 4:8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:1-33

VI. COLLECTION 6: THE WISDOM OF AGUR CH. 30Chapters 30 and 31 form a distinct section in Proverbs, because neither Solomon (Proverbs 1:1 to Proverbs 22:16; chs. 25-29), nor the unnamed sages (Proverbs 22:17 to Proverbs 24:34), wrote them. Two other wise men, whose names the text records, did. Some expositors speculate that because these men’s discourses occur at the end of the book, the writers probably lived later than the men of Hezekiah. [Note: E.g., Toy, p. 517.] Nevertheless who Agur and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:2-4

Behind this ironical section, one can perhaps imagine Agur’s sons claiming to be wiser than their father. Agur confessed his own limited understanding, while at the same time making it clear that those he addressed knew no more than he did.If wisdom is essentially a proper orientation to God, how could Agur say he had not learned wisdom but he knew God (Proverbs 30:3)? In view of the context (Proverbs 30:2; Proverbs 30:4), he probably meant that he had not reached a high level of wisdom.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:2-9

B. Wisdom about God 30:2-9Agur began with three declarations. The subject of each is God. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:2-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 30:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 30:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 30:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:1-33

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:2-4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:2-9

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