Proverbs 30:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.”
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“Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 30:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 42:3You 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.
- Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Isaiah 6:5Then 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.”
- Jeremiah 10:14Every 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.
- Romans 11:25I 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 3:18Let 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.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- 2 Peter 2:12These 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.
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