Proverbs 30:1-7

1 These are the solemn words of Agur son of Jakeh: "God is not with me, God is not with me, and I am helpless.

2 I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.

3 I have never learned any wisdom, and I know nothing at all about God.

4 Have any ever mastered heavenly knowledge? Have any ever caught the wind in their hands? Or wrapped up water in a piece of cloth? Or fixed the boundaries of the earth? Who are they, if you know? Who are their children?

5 "God keeps every promise he makes. He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.

6 If you claim that he said something that he never said, he will reprimand you and show that you are a liar."

7 I ask you, God, to let me have two things before I die:

Proverbs 30:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Probable text] "God . . . helpless; [Hebrew unclear.]