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Proverbs 30:2–3

Surely I am only a brute, not a man;

I do not have human understanding.

I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.m

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Proverbs 30:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Surely I am too stupid to be a man.

I have not the understanding of a man.

I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Surely I am more brutish than any man,

And have not the understanding of a man.

I neither learned wisdom,

Nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

I am too stupid to be human,

and I lack common sense.

I have not mastered human wisdom,

nor do I know the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Surely I am more stupid than any man,

And do not have the understanding of a man.

I neither learned wisdom

Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

“I am the most stupid person there is,

and I have no understanding.

I have not learned to be wise,

and I don’t know much about God, the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Surely I am more brutish than any man,

And have not the understanding of a man;

And I have not learned wisdom,

Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man’s intelligence. I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I’m more ⸤like⸥ a dumb animal than a human being. 

I don’t ⸤even⸥ have human understanding. 

I haven’t learned wisdom. 

I don’t have knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I am more stupid than any other man,

and I lack man’s ability to understand.

I have not gained wisdom,

and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Surely I am too stupid to be human;

I do not have human understanding.

I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Certainly I am more stupid than a man,

and the understanding of humankind is not for me.

And I have not learned wisdom,

nor will I know knowledge of the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He said, “I know less than anyone.

I don’t understand as other men do.

I haven’t learned wisdom.

And I don’t know the Holy One.

Proverbs 30:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Surely I am more stupid than any man,

And I do not have the understanding of a man.

Neither have I learned wisdom,

Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.


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