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Proverbs 30:21-23
Four things that are intolerable.
Two of them are drawn from each sex, and in each case they are unbearable because they are out of place, in a false position.
Four things that are intolerable.
Two of them are drawn from each sex, and in each case they are unbearable because they are out of place, in a false position.
Verse Proverbs 30:21. _FOR THREE_ THINGS _THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED, AND FOR FOUR_ WHICH _IT CANNOT BEAR_] This is another enigma. _Four_ things _insupportable to men_. 1. A _slave, when he becomes rul...
FOR FOUR WHICH IT CANNOT BEAR - Better: four it cannot bear. Here the common element is that of being intolerable, and the four examples are divided equally between the two sexes. Each has its example...
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Sol...
PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only. Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been much...
FOR THREE THINGS THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED— We have here an answer to another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which he tells us are, 1. A slave who bears rule; 2. A fool over-fed...
TEXT Proverbs 30:21-33 21. For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear: 22. For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food; 23. For an od...
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: FOR THREE (THINGS) THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED ... FOR A SERVANT WHEN HE REIGNED ( ); (AND) A FOOL, WHEN HE IS FILLED WITH M...
THE WORDS OF AGUR The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God;...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 30 THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL (PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9) These passages are by Agur ...
Each person in this list has suddenly become powerful. But they lack the skills that they need for their new situations. They may become proud. Their characters do not match their new situations. Thes...
תַּ֣חַת שָׁ֭לֹושׁ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֑רֶץ וְ תַ֥חַת א
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view whic...
LESSONS FROM COMMON THINGS Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount t...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not fi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
FOR THREE [THINGS] THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED,.... The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; AND FOR FOUR [WHICH] IT CANNOT BEAR; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that...
For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear: Ver. 21. _For three things the earth is disquieted._] Such trouble towns are odious creatures; the places where they l...
_For three things the earth_ That is, the inhabitants of the earth; _is disquieted_ By their insolence and impudence they cause great disturbances in the places where they live; _for four it cannot re...
For three things the earth is disquieted, trembling as under an unbearable burden, AND FOR FOUR WHICH IT CANNOT BEAR:...
DEDUCING TRUTHS FROM COMMON EXPERIENCE...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED; either, 1. The earth itself trembleth and is moved; so it is an hyperbole. Or rather, 2. The inhabitants of the earth. They do by their insolence and impudence cause great a...
Proverbs 30:21 three H7969 earth H776 perturbed H7264 (H8804) four H702 cannot H3201 (H8799) bear H5375 ...
CONTENTS: The words of Agur. CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal. CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:21 These four persons are unbearable because they have been given things they have no capacity to handle wisely. A modern example would be a person promoted above his abil...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 30:23. ODIOUS, or _unloved_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:21_ BURDENS GRIEVOUS TO BE BORNE I. IT IS SOMETIMES DANGEROUS TO THE PEACE OF A COMMUNITY TO R...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 30:1 PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ...
This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men. Now in the thirtieth chapter we have, The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1) Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
Deuteronomy 2:25; Genesis 36:7; Genesis 4:13; Job 40:5; Proverbs 18:5;...
Four — Which are intolerable in human societies....