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Note the numeration mounting to a climax, the two, the three, the four
(Amos 1:3 etc.). The word rendered “horseleach” is found nowhere
else, and its etymology is doubtful; but there are good grounds...
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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...
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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...
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THE GRAVE. Sheol. App-35....
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Four things that are INSATIABLE....
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_the grave Sheol_or _Hades_. See Proverbs 27:20....
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TEXT Proverbs 30:11-20
11.
There is a generation that curse their father,
And bless not their mother.
12.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
And yet are not washed from their...
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The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is
enough:
Four insatiable things follow the four detestable off...
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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;...
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A leech is a small animal that drinks blood. The leech bites a person.
Then the leech holds that person’s skin. Then the leech drinks the
person’s blood. The person cannot remove the leech while the l...
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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 ...
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THE GRAVE. — See above, on Proverbs 15:11, where it is translated
“hell.”...
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שְׁאֹול֮ וְ עֹ֪צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא
־שָׂ֣בְ
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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...
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THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER
Proverbs 30:1-17
This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of
whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the
return from...
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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...
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_Womb. Septuagint, "the love of a woman," (Haydock) a harlot, or
rather Hebrew, "a barren woman." --- Enough. The more fuel, the
brighter the flame. These four similitudes may denote cruelty, lust,
av...
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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...
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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...
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THE GRAVE,.... Which is the first of the four daughters, or insatiable
things, which resemble the horse leech: the grave is the house
appointed for all living; it stands ready for them, it is open to...
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The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with
water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
Ver. 16. _The grave._] Which in Hebrew hath its name of craving. It
is a sarc...
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_The grave, and the barren womb_ As the Israelitish women did
generally and vehemently desire to have many children, for divers
reasons elsewhere mentioned, so those who were barren among them were
mo...
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GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
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the grave, although the number of dead are placed into it in endless
succession, AND THE BARREN WOMB, where conception and birth is not
possible, THE EARTH IS NOT FILLED WITH WATER, though tons of rai...
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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...
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THE BARREN WOMB; for as the Israelitish women did generally and
vehemently desire many children, for divers reasons elsewhere
mentioned; so those who were barren amongst them were most eager in
those...
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GRAVE
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 30:15. HORSELEECH, or “_vampire_, an imaginary spectre or
ghost, supposed to suck the blood of children.” _(Stuart.)_
PROVERBS 30:15. On these verses, Dr. Aiken, the America...
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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 ...
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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...
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Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 27:20...