English Standard Version
Proverbs 30:15-33
15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":
16Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."
17The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
18Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.
20This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
21Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
22a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
23an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
25the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
26the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
28the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
29Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
30the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;
31the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.
32If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
33For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
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
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