Prophesy in a Proverb

The man declares, I am weary, O God;
I am weary, O God, and worn out.
2 Surely I am too stupid to be a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

“Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.”  Do you ever feel this way about the wisdom of the Bible?  I do.

The King James uses the word ‘brutish’ for stupid.  I don’t like to think of myself as stupid or brutish, but often when I try to understand the written word of God, I realize: “I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.”

Prior to going back to the opening Hebrew, let’s look at the King James Version for verse 1.

 Proverbs 30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal

Behind each gem of scripture; beneath each verse of knowledge of the Holy One; dwells understanding to be studied and understood in God’s meaning for us.  Take just this verse, for example:

Agur means: gathered. He is son of Jakeh: which means blameless.

Ithiel means: God is with me. Ucal means: devoured and he is a student of the teacher: Agur

Without this wisdom and understanding of who speaks to us the burden of prophesy in this Proverb, the weight of the following verse will most likely fall on deaf ears of a brutish man like you or me.

You are not so brutish, or am I so wise as to understand what you cannot study in scripture.  I will leave the key verse of Proverbs 30:4 to your word study.  May the Lord and the Son give you knowledge.  yada yada

4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son’s name?
Surely you know!