New English Translation
Proverbs 30:6
6Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.
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 then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? – if you know! 5Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar. 7Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die: 8Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,
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אַל־תּ֥וֹסְףְּ עַל־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן־יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 30:6
- Deuteronomy 4:2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.
- Deuteronomy 12:32(13:1) You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!
- Revelation 22:18I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
- 1 Corinthians 15:15Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed 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
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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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