For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 30:2 - King James 2000 Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man; Common English Bible Actually, I’m too stupid to be human, a man without understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version "I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. |
For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Then said I, Woe is 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 King, the LORD of hosts.
Every man is senseless in his knowledge: every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
And if any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him.