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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.

Context of Proverbs 30:6

4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know! 5“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. 7“Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die: 8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

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 4:2Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
• Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
• Revelation 22:18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.
• Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
• 1 Corinthians 15:15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him 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

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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