Proverbs 30

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:	1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh, of Massa. Prophecy of this man for Ithiel, for Ithiel and for Ucal.
2 I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.	2 I am myself the stupidest of people, bereft of human intel igence,
3 I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.	3 I have not learnt wisdom, and I lack the knowledge of the holy ones.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?	4 Who has mounted to the heavens, then come down again? Who has gathered the wind in the clasp ofhis hand? Who has wrapped the waters in his cloak? Who has set al the ends of the earth firm? What is hisname? What is his child's name? Do you know?
5 Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.	5 Every word of God is unal oyed, a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved, and found a liar:	6 To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and account you a liar.
7 Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.	7 Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:	8 keep falsehood and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches, grant me only my share offood,
9 Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.	9 for fear that, surrounded by plenty, I should fall away and say, 'Yahweh-who is Yahweh?' or else, in destitution, take to stealing and profane the name of my God.
10 Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.	10 Do not blacken a slave's name to his master, lest he curse you, and you suffer for it.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.	11 There is a breed of person that curses his father and does not bless his mother;
12 A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.	12 a breed that, laying claim to purity, has not yet been cleansed of its filth;
13 A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.	13 a breed haughty of eye, with disdain in every glance;
14 A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.	14 a breed with swords for teeth, with knives for jaws, devouring the oppressed from the earth and theneedy from the land.
15 The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.	15 The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three insatiable things, four, indeed, that neversay, 'Enough!'
16 Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.	16 Sheol, the barren womb, earth which can never have its fil of water, fire which never says, 'Enough!'
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.	17 The eye which looks jeeringly on a father, and scorns the obedience due to a mother, wil be peckedout by the ravens of the val ey, and eaten by the vultures.
18 Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.	18 There are three things beyond my comprehension, four, indeed, that I do not understand:
19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth.	19 the way of an eagle through the skies, the way of a snake over the rock, the way of a ship in mid-ocean, the way of a man with a girl.
20 Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.	20 This is how an adulteress behaves: she eats, then wipes her mouth and says, 'I have done nothingwrong!'
21 By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:	21 There are three things at which the earth trembles, four, indeed, which it cannot endure:
22 By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:	22 a slave become king, a brute gorged with food,
23 By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.	23 a hateful woman wed at last, a servant girl inheriting from her mistress.
24 There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:	24 There are four creatures little on the earth, though they are wisest of the wise:
25 The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:	25 ants, a race with no strength, yet in the summer they make sure of their food;
26 The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:	26 the coneys, a race without defences, yet they make their home in the rocks;
27 The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.	27 locusts, which have no king, yet they al march in good order;
28 The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.	28 lizards, which you can catch in your hand, yet they frequent the palaces of kings.
29 There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:	29 There are three things of stately tread, four, indeed, of stately walk:
30 A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:	30 the lion, bravest of beasts, he wil draw back from nothing;
31 A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.	31 a vigorous cock, a he-goat, and the king when he harangues his people.
32 There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.	32 If you have been foolish enough to fly into a passion and now have second thoughts, lay your handon your lips.
33 And he that strongly squeezeth the papa to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath bringeth forth strife.	33 For by churning the milk you produce butter, by wringing the nose you produce blood, and bywhipping up anger you produce strife.