Verse 22
Proverbs 30:22
Literal Standard Version
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For a servant when he reigns, || And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּֽחַת עֶ֭בֶד כִּ֣י יִמְל֑וֹךְ וְ֝/נָבָ֗ל כִּ֣י יִֽשְׂבַּֽע לָֽחֶם
English Translation
Instead of a servant because he will reign, and a fool because he will be satisfied with bread.
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Chapter 30 Context
1
Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I ha...
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For I am more brutish than anyone, || And do not have the understanding of a man.
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Nor have I learned wisdom, || Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
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Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound wa...
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Every saying of God (Elohim) is tried, || He is a shield to those trusting in Him.
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Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, || And you have been found false.
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Two things I have asked from You, || Do not withhold from me before I die.
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Put vanity and a lying word far from me, || Do not give poverty or wealth to me, || Cause me to eat...
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Lest I become satiated, and have denied, || And have said, “Who is YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and ha...
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Do not accuse a servant to his lord, || Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
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11
A generation lightly esteems their father, || And does not bless their mother.
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A generation—pure in their own eyes, || But not washed from their own filth.
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A generation—how high are their eyes, || Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
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A generation—their teeth are swords, || And their jaw-teeth are knives, || To consume the poor from...
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To the leech are two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, || Four have not...
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Sheol, and a restrained womb, || Earth—it is not satisfied with water, || And fire—it has not said,...
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An eye that mocks at a father, || And despises to obey a mother, || Ravens of the valley dig it out,...
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Three things have been too wonderful for me, || Indeed, four that I have not known:
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The way of the eagle in the heavens, || The way of a serpent on a rock, || The way of a ship in the...
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So—the way of an adulterous woman, || She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, || And has said, “I hav...
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For three things has earth been troubled, || And for four—it is not able to bear:
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For a servant when he reigns, || And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
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For a hated one when she rules, || And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
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Four are little ones of earth, || And they are made wiser than the wise:
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The ants are a people not strong, || And they prepare their food in summer,
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hyraxes are a people not strong, || And they place their house in a rock,
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There is no king to the locust, || And it goes out—each one shouting,
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A spider with two hands takes hold, || And is in the palaces of a king.
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There are three going well, || Indeed, four are good in going:
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An old lion—mighty among beasts, || That does not turn back from the face of any,
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A girt one of the loins, || Also a male goat, || And a king—troops with him.
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If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, || And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!
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For the churning of milk brings out butter, || And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, || And...
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