Proverbs 30:1-3

Agur had been studying hard. He had seen many wonderful things that he could not explain. He had tried to understand God. And he had tried to understand the world. But God is so great (1 Corinthians 1:25). And the world is too difficult to explain (Job 38). Now Agur was tired Ecclesiastes 12:12).

In verses 2 and 3, Agur was using irony. That is, he was using words in a special way. He was not really a stupid man who knew nothing. In fact, he knew many things about God (verse 4). But his own knowledge seemed like nothing when he thought about God. Wisdom is so wonderful that Agur’s own thoughts seemed foolish. And the world is so complex that Agur felt stupid.

v4 Perhaps someone went up to heaven. And perhaps he came down to earth.

Perhaps he controls the winds, as if the winds are in his hands.

Perhaps he controls the seas, as if the seas are in his coat.

Perhaps he even established the north and the south.

But I do not know him

I do not know his name, nor his son’s name.

Tell me, if you know him.