Proverbs 30:6
New International Version
Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

New Living Translation
Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.

English Standard Version
Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

King James Bible
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

New King James Version
Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

New American Standard Bible
Do not add to His words Or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

NASB 1995
Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.

NASB 1977
Do not add to His words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not add to His words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar.

Amplified Bible
Do not add to His words, Or He will reprove you, and you will be found a liar.

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t add to his words, or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t add to His words, or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

American Standard Version
Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Contemporary English Version
Don't change what God has said! He will correct you and show that you are a liar.

English Revised Version
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not add to his words, or he will reprimand you, and you will be found to be a liar.

Good News Translation
If you claim that he said something that he never said, he will reprimand you and show that you are a liar."

International Standard Version
Don't add to his words, or he will rebuke you, and you will be shown to be a liar.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

NET Bible
Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

New Heart English Bible
Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Webster's Bible Translation
Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

World English Bible
Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, "" And you have been found false.

Young's Literal Translation
Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou shalt not add to his words lest he reprove in thee, and thou wert false.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved, and found a liar:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Do not add anything to his words, lest you be reproved and be discovered to be a liar.

New American Bible
Add nothing to his words, lest he reprimand you, and you be proved a liar.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not add to his words, or else he will rebuke you, and you will be found a liar.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Do not add to his words; lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be proven a liar.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Add thou not unto His words, Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Add not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Words of Agur
5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. 6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. 7Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:2
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

Revelation 22:18-19
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. / And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Matthew 15:3-9
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? / For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ ...

Galatians 1:6-9
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ...

2 Peter 3:16
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Jeremiah 23:16
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 11:3-4
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. / For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

1 Timothy 6:3-5
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, / he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, / and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Jeremiah 23:28-32
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD. / “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?” / “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.” ...

1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Matthew 5:17-19
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. / So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 17:11
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.


Treasury of Scripture

Add you not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

add

Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Revelation 22:18,19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: …

and

Job 13:7-9
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? …

1 Corinthians 15:15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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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
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Do not add
The phrase "Do not add" is a direct command that emphasizes the sufficiency and completeness of God's Word. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "תּוֹסֵף" (tosef), which means to increase or augment. This command echoes the warnings found in Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18, underscoring the importance of preserving the purity of divine revelation. Historically, this reflects the Jewish tradition of safeguarding the Torah against alterations, ensuring that God's instructions remain untainted by human intervention.

to His words
"His words" refers to the divine utterances and revelations given by God. The Hebrew term "דְּבָרָיו" (devarav) signifies not just spoken words but also decrees and commands. This highlights the authority and sanctity of Scripture, which is seen as the ultimate source of truth and guidance. In the broader biblical context, God's words are portrayed as life-giving and eternal, as seen in Psalm 119:89, "Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens."

lest He rebuke you
The phrase "lest He rebuke you" serves as a cautionary warning. The Hebrew root "יָכַח" (yakach) means to correct, reprove, or argue against. This implies that any attempt to alter God's words will result in divine correction. The historical context of this warning can be seen in the prophetic tradition, where prophets were often called to rebuke the people for straying from God's commands. It serves as a reminder of God's active role in maintaining the integrity of His revelation.

and prove you a liar
"Prove you a liar" is a strong statement about the consequences of tampering with divine truth. The Hebrew word "כָּזָב" (kazav) means to lie or deceive. This phrase underscores the seriousness of misrepresenting God's words, equating it with falsehood and deception. In a scriptural context, lying is consistently condemned, as seen in Proverbs 12:22, "Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight." This serves as a sobering reminder of the moral and spiritual responsibility to uphold the truth of God's Word without distortion.

(6) Lest he reprove thee.--Or, convict thee of thy falsehood.

Verse 6. - Add thou not unto his words. God's will, as announced in revelation, is to be simply accepted and acted upon, not watered down, not overstrained. This injunction had already been given in the old Law (Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32); it is repeated in the New Testament with awful emphasis (Revelation 22:18, 19). No human speculations or traditions may be mingled with God's words; the glosses and explanations and definitions, affixed by rabbinical ingenuity to plain enactments, and proved to be false in morality and fatal to vital religion, are a commentary on the succeeding sentence, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. The reproof is found in the consequences of such additions; the results to which they lead are such as show that no who asserts that these things are contained in the Word of God is a liar.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

add
תּ֥וֹסְףְּ (tō·wsp)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

His words,
דְּבָרָ֑יו (də·ḇā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

lest
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

He rebuke
יוֹכִ֖יחַ (yō·w·ḵî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

you
בְּךָ֣ (bə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and prove you a liar.
וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ (wə·niḵ·zā·ḇə·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3576: To lie, be a liar


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