30:1 The words of {a} Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to {b} Ithiel and Ucal,(a) Who was an excellent man in virtue and knowledge in the time of Solomon.(b) Who were Agur’s scholars or friends. read more
30:2 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 attribute any wisdom to himself but all to God. read more
30:4 Who hath ascended into {d} heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if thou canst tell?(d) Meaning, to know the secrets of God, as though he would say, "None". read more
30:7 Two {e} [things] have I required of thee; deny [them] not to me before I die:(e) He makes this request to God. read more
30:9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, {f} Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].(f) Meaning, that they who put their trust in their riches forget God and that by too much wealth men have an opportunity to the same. read more
30:10 Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, {g} and thou be found guilty.(g) In accusing him without cause. read more
30:15 The horseleach hath two {h} daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:(h) The leach has two forks in her tongue, which here he calls her two daughters, by which she sucks the blood, and is never satisfied: even so, the covetous extortioners are insatiable. read more
30:17 The eye [that] mocketh at [its] father, and despiseth to obey [its] mother, the ravens {i} of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.(i) Which hunt in the valley for carrion. read more
30:20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and {k} wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.(k) She has her desires, and later counterfeits as though she were an honest woman. read more
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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 30:1-33
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Solomon, Jedidiah, Koheleth, Son of Jakeh, Agur and Lemuel. But this opinion cannot be verified, nor do we know who Agur the son of Jakeh was. The Septuagint and the Vulgate have translated the Hebrew words and formed a sentence out of them. “Agur” means “assembler” and Jakeh has the meaning of... read more