Proverbs 30:2
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I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

Psalm 49:10
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:

Psalm 73:22
And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

Proverbs 12:1
He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly.

Proverbs 30:1
The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke, with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:

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I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

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Job 42:3-6 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. . . .

Psalm 73:22 And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Romans 11:25 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

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Proverbs 5:12 And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?

Psalm 92:6 The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.

2 Peter 2:12-16 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption: . . .

Context
The Words of Agur
1The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke, with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said: 2I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.3I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.…
Lexicon
“Surely
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I [am]
אָנֹכִ֣י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

the most ignorant
בַ֣עַר (ḇa·‘ar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1198: Foot, of cattle brutishness, stupid

of men,
מֵאִ֑ישׁ (mê·’îš)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and I lack
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

the understanding
בִינַ֖ת (ḇî·naṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 998: An understanding

of a man.
אָדָ֣ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.

Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man:

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
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