Proverbs 30:3
3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.
Other Translations of Proverbs 30:3
King James Version
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have
English Standard Version
3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
The Message
3 "I flunked 'wisdom.' I see no evidence of a holy God.
New King James Version
3 I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
New Living Translation
3 I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 30:3
Commentary on Proverbs 30:1-6
(Read Proverbs 30:1-6)
Agur speaks of himself as wanting a righteousness, and having done very foolishly. And it becomes us all to have low thoughts of ourselves. He speaks of himself as wanting revelation to guide him in the ways of truth and wisdom. The more enlightened people are, the more they lament their ignorance; the more they pray for clearer, still clearer discoveries of God, and his rich grace in Christ Jesus. In ver.