{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-15T11:23:03.733Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":30,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":29,"nextChapter":31,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself for God, I have wearied myself for God, and am consumed."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What is His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"A generation — swords are their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it is not satisfied with water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 30 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 30](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/30 (accessed 2026-06-15)."}}