Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Holman Bible
and I lack man’s ability to understand.
International Standard Version
Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.
A Conservative Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
American Standard Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
Amplified
Surely
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Bible in Basic English
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Darby Translation
Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Julia Smith Translation
For I am brutish more than man, and not the understanding of a man to me.
King James 2000
Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.
Modern King James verseion
Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For though I am the least of all, and have no man's understanding
NET Bible
Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
New Heart English Bible
"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and do not have a man's understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
Webster
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
World English Bible
"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Oracle Of Agur
1
The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle.The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out.
2
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 73:22
I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
Job 42:3-6
'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Psalm 49:10
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 92:6
The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
Proverbs 5:12
and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Isaiah 6:5
And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers:a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
2 Peter 2:12-16
But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,