Proverbs 30:3
New International Version
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.

New Living Translation
I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.

English Standard Version
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

Berean Standard Bible
I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

King James Bible
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

New King James Version
I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.

New American Standard Bible
Nor have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

NASB 1995
Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

NASB 1977
Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Legacy Standard Bible
Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I know the knowledge of the Holy One.

Amplified Bible
I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom, Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].

Christian Standard Bible
I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

American Standard Version
And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I have not known wisdom neither have I learned the knowledge of The Holy Ones,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.

Contemporary English Version
I never was wise, and I don't understand what God is like."

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.

English Revised Version
And I have not learned wisdom, neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I haven't learned wisdom. I don't have knowledge of the Holy One.

Good News Translation
I have never learned any wisdom, and I know nothing at all about God.

International Standard Version
I never acquired wisdom, but I know what the Holy One knows.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I have not learned wisdom, That I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Literal Standard Version
Nor have I learned wisdom, | Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.

Majority Standard Bible
I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

New American Bible
Neither have I learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

NET Bible
I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

New Revised Standard Version
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.

New Heart English Bible
I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Webster's Bible Translation
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

World English Bible
I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Young's Literal Translation
Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

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Context
The Words of Agur
2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. 3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. 4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!…

Cross References
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son--surely you know!


Treasury of Scripture

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

neither

Amos 7:14,15
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: …

Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

nor

Job 11:7-9
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? …

Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

have

Isaiah 6:3,10
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory…

Isaiah 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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Proverbs 30
1. Agur's confession of his faith
7. The two points of his prayer
10. The meanest are not to be wronged
11. Four wicked generations
15. Four things insatiable
24. four things exceeding wise
29. Four things stately
32. Wrath is to be prevented














(3) The knowledge of the holy--i.e., the Holy One, God. (Comp. Proverbs 9:10.)

Verse 3. - I neither learned wisdom. With all my eager longing and striving I did not attain to such wisdom, that I should have the knowledge of the Holy One (Revised Version margin); k'doshim, plural of "excellence," like elohim (Proverbs 9:10; Hosea 12:1 (Hebrew); see note on Proverbs 1:20; and comp. Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 12:1). The knowledge of the all holy God was beyond his grasp (Job 11:7, etc.). Theology is a higher science than metaphysics, and cannot be reached by that ladder. The LXX. gives an affirmative sense to this verse, "God hath taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy (ἁγίων)."

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

learned
לָמַ֥דְתִּי (lā·maḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

wisdom,
חָכְמָ֑ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

and I have no knowledge
וְדַ֖עַת (wə·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

of the Holy One.
קְדֹשִׁ֣ים (qə·ḏō·šîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary


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