Pr 30 (King James)

¹ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
² Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
³ I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
⁴ Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
⁵ Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
⁶ Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
⁷ Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
⁹ Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
¹⁰ Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
¹¹ There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
¹² There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
¹³ There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
¹⁴ There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
¹⁵ The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
¹⁶ The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
¹⁷ The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
¹⁸ There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
¹⁹ The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
²¹ For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
²⁴ There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
²⁶ The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
²⁷ The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
²⁸ The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
²⁹ There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
³⁰ A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
³¹ A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
³² If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
³³ Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Pr 30 (Vulgate)

¹ Verba Congregantis, filii Vomentis. Visio quam locutus est vir cum quo est Deus, et qui Deo secum morante confortatus, ait :
² [Stultissimus sum virorum, et sapientia hominum non est mecum.
³ Non didici sapientiam, et non novi scientiam sanctorum.
⁴ Quis ascendit in cælum, atque descendit ? quis continuit spiritum in manibus suis ? quis colligavit aquas quasi in vestimento ? quis suscitavit omnes terminos terræ ? quod nomen est ejus, et quod nomen filii ejus, si nosti ?
⁵ Omnis sermo Dei ignitus : clypeus est sperantibus in se.
⁶ Ne addas quidquam verbis illius, et arguaris, inveniarisque mendax.
⁷ Duo rogavi te : ne deneges mihi antequam moriar :
⁸ vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me ; mendicitatem et divitias ne dederis mihi : tribue tantum victui meo necessaria,
⁹ ne forte satiatus illiciar ad negandum, et dicam : Quis est Dominus ? aut egestate compulsus, furer, et perjurem nomen Dei mei.
¹⁰ Ne accuses servum ad dominum suum, ne forte maledicat tibi, et corruas.]
¹¹ [Generatio quæ patri suo maledicit, et quæ matri suæ non benedicit ;
¹² generatio quæ sibi munda videtur, et tamen non est lota a sordibus suis ;
¹³ generatio cujus excelsi sunt oculi, et palpebræ ejus in alta surrectæ ;
¹⁴ generatio quæ pro dentibus gladios habet, et commandit molaribus suis, ut comedat inopes de terra, et pauperes ex hominibus.
¹⁵ Sanguisugæ duæ sunt filiæ, dicentes : Affer, affer. Tria sunt insaturabilia, et quartum quod numquam dicit : Sufficit.
¹⁶ Infernus, et os vulvæ, et terra quæ non satiatur aqua : ignis vero numquam dicit : Sufficit.
¹⁷ Oculum qui subsannat patrem, et qui despicit partum matris suæ, effodiant eum corvi de torrentibus, et comedant eum filii aquilæ !]
¹⁸ [Tria sunt difficilia mihi, et quartum penitus ignoro :
¹⁹ viam aquilæ in cælo, viam colubri super petram, viam navis in medio mari, et viam viri in adolescentia.
²⁰ Talis est et via mulieris adulteræ, quæ comedit, et tergens os suum dicit : Non sum operata malum.
²¹ Per tria movetur terra, et quartum non potest sustinere :
²² per servum, cum regnaverit ; per stultum, cum saturatus fuerit cibo ;
²³ per odiosam mulierem, cum in matrimonio fuerit assumpta ; et per ancillam, cum fuerit hæres dominæ suæ.]
²⁴ [Quatuor sunt minima terræ, et ipsa sunt sapientiora sapientibus :
²⁵ formicæ, populus infirmus, qui præparat in messe cibum sibi ;
²⁶ lepusculus, plebs invalida, qui collocat in petra cubile suum ;
²⁷ regem locusta non habet, et egreditur universa per turmas suas ;
²⁸ stellio manibus nititur, et moratur in ædibus regis.
²⁹ Tria sunt quæ bene gradiuntur, et quartum quod incedit feliciter :
³⁰ leo, fortissimus bestiarum, ad nullius pavebit occursum ;
³¹ gallus succinctus lumbos ; et aries ; nec est rex, qui resistat ei.
³² Est qui stultus apparuit postquam elevatus est in sublime ; si enim intellexisset, ori suo imposuisset manum.
³³ Qui autem fortiter premit ubera ad eliciendum lac exprimit butyrum ; et qui vehementer emungit elicit sanguinem ; et qui provocat iras producit discordias.]