¹ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: ² “Surely I am the most ignorant man, ³ I have not learned wisdom, ⁴ Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? ⁵ “Every word of God is flawless. ⁶ Don’t you add to his words, ⁷ “Two things I have asked of you.
Don’t deny me before I die. ⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lies. ⁹ lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ ¹⁰ “Don’t slander a servant to his master, ¹¹ There is a generation that curses their father, ¹² There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, ¹³ There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! ¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, ¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters:
‘Give, give.’
“There are three things that are never satisfied; ¹⁶ Sheol,^{1 17} “The eye that mocks at his father, ¹⁸ “There are three things which are too amazing for me, ¹⁹ The way of an eagle in the air, ²⁰ “So is the way of an adulterous woman: ²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, ²² For a servant when he is king, ²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, ²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, ²⁵ The ants are not a strong people, ²⁶ The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, ²⁷ The locusts have no king, ²⁸ You can catch a lizard with your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces. ²⁹ “There are three things which are stately in their march, ³⁰ The lion, which is mightiest among animals, ³¹ the greyhound; ³² “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, ³³ For as the churning of milk produces butter,