Proverbs 30 — YLT

30Verse 1Words 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.^{Verse 2}For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.^{Verse 3}Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.^{Verse 4}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!^{Verse 5}Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.^{Verse 6}Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.^{Verse 7}Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.^{Verse 8}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,^{Verse 9}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.^{Verse 10}Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.^{Verse 11}A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.^{Verse 12}A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.^{Verse 13}A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.^{Verse 14}A generation — swords [are] their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.^{Verse 15}To the leech [are] two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'^{Verse 16}Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'^{Verse 17}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.^{Verse 18}Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:^{Verse 19}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.^{Verse 20}So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'^{Verse 21}For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:^{Verse 22}For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,^{Verse 23}For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.^{Verse 24}Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:^{Verse 25}The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,^{Verse 26}Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,^{Verse 27}A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,^{Verse 28}A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.^{Verse 29}Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:^{Verse 30}An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,^{Verse 31}A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him.^{Verse 32}If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!^{Verse 33}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!