Proverbs 30:2 “Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of…”

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

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Cross references

“I am”

Psalm 73:22 1 Corinthians 3:18 Job 42:3–6 Isaiah 6:5 Romans 11:25 1 Corinthians 8:2

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

1 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

Job 42:3–6 · BSB

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Romans 11:25 · BSB

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

1 Corinthians 8:2 · BSB

The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

“brutish”

Proverbs 5:12 Psalm 92:6 Jeremiah 10:14 2 Peter 2:12–16

Proverbs 5:12 · BSB

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Psalm 92:6 · BSB

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

2 Peter 2:12–16 · BSB

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

Also

Psalm 49:10

Psalm 49:10 · BSB

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.

3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

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