Proverbs 30:6

Proverbs 30:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

Context of Proverbs 30:6

4Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name? Certainly you know! 5Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver]; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, Or He will reprove you, and you will be found a liar. 7Two things I have asked of You; Do not deny them to me before I die: 8Keep deception and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,

Proverbs 30:6 word by word

אַל־תּ֥וֹסְףְּ עַל־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן־יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• thou not unto his wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• lest he reproveיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• thee, and thou be found a liarכָּזַבkâzab · to lieH3576

Cross-references for Proverbs 30:6

• Deuteronomy 4:2You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I am commanding you.
• Deuteronomy 12:32“Everything I command you, you shall be careful to do it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
• Revelation 22:18I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book;
• Job 13:7Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
• 1 Corinthians 15:15We are even discovered to be false witnesses [misrepresenting] God, because we testified concerning Him that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Add not thou unto his words - You can no more increase their value by any addition, than you can that of gold by adding any other metal to it. Take care that you do not any thing that this word forbids, nor leave undone any thing that it commands: for this is adding and diminishing in Scripture phrase. Lest he reprove thee - Lest he try thy word by fire, as his has been tried; and it appear that, far from abiding the test, the fire shows thine to be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Men are not to mingle revealed truth with their own imaginations and traditions. In speculating on the unseen, the risk of error is indefinitely great, and that error God reproves by manifesting its falsehoods.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Unlike Agur's lack of knowledge and power, God's strength and wisdom are evident (compare Psalm 18:30). This is encouraging to Agur, as he knows God protects everyone who seeks Him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Add ... words--implying that his sole reliance was on God's all-sufficient teaching. reprove thee--or, "convict thee"--and so the falsehood will appear.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 30:6

• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Agur
• Convenient
• Folk
• Food
• Massa
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Zoology

Commentaries on Proverbs 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings