Proverbs 30:1–3

THE WORDS OF AGUR

30 The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The pronouncement.* u

The man’s oration to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:B

2 I am more stupid than any other person,C

and I lack a human’s ability to understand.v

3 I have not gained wisdom,

and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.w

*	Pr 31:1
u	Nu 24:3 Pr 31:1 Na 1:1 Hab 1:1 Zec 9:1 Mal 1:1
B	Hb uncertain. Sometimes read with different word division as oration: I am weary, God, I am weary, God, and I am exhausted, or oration: I am not God, I am not God, that I should prevail. LXX reads My son, fear my words and when you have received them repent. The man says these things to the believers in God, and I pause.
C	Lit I am more stupid than a man
v	1 Ki 3:7
w	Pr 9:10