Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Surely I am more stupid than any man,
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

I am more stupid than any other man,
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 I am more brutish and stupid than any man,
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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 5

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

and have not the understanding
בּינה 
Biynah 
Usage: 38

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Oracle Of Agur

1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the prophecy he spoke to Ithiel and Ucal: 2 Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.

Job 42:3-6

You asked: 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.'

Psalm 49:10

One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 92:6

A stupid (senseless) person cannot know and a fool cannot understand.

Proverbs 5:12

You say: How I have hated instruction! My heart despised reproof.

Isaiah 6:5

Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips (a sinner) and I live among a people of unclean (filthy) lips (speech) (language). My eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, lest you should be wise in your own conceits (estimation). Blindness has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes in.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If any man thinks he knows any thing, he really knows nothing, according to what he ought to know.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.

2 Peter 2:12-16

But these are creatures without reason. They were born mere animals to be taken and destroyed! They speak abusively in matters of which they are ignorant. They suffer destruction in their own course of destruction.

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