Proverbs 30:8

Proverbs 30:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me;
• New Living Translation (NLT)First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.

Context of Proverbs 30:8

6Do 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: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. 10“Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

Proverbs 30:8 word by word

שָׁ֤וְא׀ וּֽדְבַר־כָּזָ֡ב הַרְחֵ֬ק מִמֶּ֗נִּי רֵ֣אשׁ וָ֭עֹשֶׁר אַל־תִּֽתֶּן־לִ֑י הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי לֶ֣חֶם חֻקִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Remove farרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• from me vanityשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: falseH7723
• and liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• and liesדָּבָרdâbâr · word: becauseH1697
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• me neither povertyרֵישׁrêysh rê'sh rîysh · povertyH7389
• nor richesעֹ֫שֶׁר‛ôsher · richesH6239
• feedטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• me with foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• convenientחֹקchôq · statute: portionH2706

Cross-references for Proverbs 30:8

• Proverbs 21:6A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
• Proverbs 22:8Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
• Proverbs 23:5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
• Psalms 62:9Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
• Psalms 119:29Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
• Ecclesiastes 1:2“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
• Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
• Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
• John 2:8Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
• Acts 14:15“Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
• Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
• Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
• Exodus 16:15When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
• Matthew 6:11Give us today our daily bread.
• Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
• 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Remove far from me vanity and lies - שוא shav, all false shows, all false appearances of happiness, every vain expectation. Let me not set my heart on any thing that is not solid, true, durable, and eternal. Lies, כזב דבר debar cazab, all words of deception, empty pretensions, false promises, uncertain dependences, and words that Fail; promises which, when they become due, are like bad bills; they are dishonored because they are found to be forged, or the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The order of the two requests is significant. The wise man‘s prayer is first and chiefly, “truth in the inward parts,” the removal of all forms of falsehood, hollowness, hypocrisy. Neither poverty … - The evil of the opposite extremes of social life is that in different ways they lead men to a false standard of duty, and so to that forgetfulness of God which passes into an absolute denial. Food convenient for me - literally, “give me for food the bread of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 Agur wisely prayed for a middle state, that he might be kept at a distance from temptations; he asked daily bread suited to his station, his family, and his real good. There is a remarkable similarity between this prayer and several clauses of the Lord's prayer. If we are removed from vanity and lies; if we are interested in the pardoning love of Christ, and have him for our portion; if we walk with God, then we shall have all we can ask or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9Agur asks God for two things: Help to avoid lying (compare Proverbs 6:16–19; 14:5, 25; 25:18; 26:18–19) To not have too much or too little Being rich (Proverbs 3:9–10, 15–16; 10:15, 22) or poor (3:27; 11:24; 28:27; 29:7, 14) is not sinful, but Agur wisely wants to avoid the problems of both.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. A prayer for exemption from wickedness, and the extremes of poverty and riches, the two things mentioned. Contentment is implied as desired.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 30:8

• Blasphemy
• Blessing
• Contentment
• Covetousness
• Food
• Poverty
• Riches
• Vanity

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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