Proverbs 30:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² For I am more stupid than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing].

American Standard Version (1901)

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

Common English Bible

² Actually, I’m too stupid to be human, a man without understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

Proverbs 30:2 Cross References

Psalm 49:10

For he sees wise men die, The foolish and the ignorant both perish, And shall leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward You.

Psalm 92:6

A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 30:1

The words of Agur son of Yaqeh, a message. This man declared to Ithi’ĕ

Proverbs 5:12

And shall say, “How I have hated discipline, And my heart has despised reproof!

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips – for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, יהוה  of hosts.”

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is brutish in knowledge; every smith is put to shame by his idol. For his moulded image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.

Romans 11:25

For I do not wish you to be ignorant of this secret, brothers, lest you should be wise in your own estimation, that hardening in part has come over Yisra’ĕ

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he might become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If anyone thinks that he knows somewhat, he does not yet know as he should know.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of Elohim, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.