Proverbs 30:7
in Proverbs 30Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die:
KJV
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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This verse in Proverbs 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTwo things have I required of thee,.... Or, "have asked of thee (a), O God"; as may be supplied, for the words are addressed to him.
This site's exposition
Two things I ask of You
on Proverbs 30:7-9
Agur asks two things before he dies: "Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion." The reasons are stated, having too much and denying the LORD, or becoming poor and stealing. It stands beside the request for daily bread at Matthew 6:11.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
I have asked two things of you, do not deny them to me, etc. These things still a man with whom God is, his speech radiated by fire, addresses to the Lord himself with a converted voice, beseeching that he may never prefer the unity …
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Two things have I required of thee - These two petitions are mentioned in the next verse; and he wishes to have them answered before he should die. That is, he wishes the answer now, that he may live the rest of his life in the state he describes.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Two things - The limitation of man’s desires follows naturally upon his consciousness of the limits of his knowledge.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁ֭תַּיִם | shetayim | two [things] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי | shaalti | I ask | H7592 → | |
| מֵאִתָּ֑ךְ | meitakh | from with <the> you | H854 → | 929 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּמְנַ֥ע | timna' | you withhold [them] | H4513 → | 29 times |
| מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי | mimeni | from me | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| בְּטֶ֣רֶם | beterem | <in> before | H2962 → | 56 times |
| אָמֽוּת׃ | ʾamut | I will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
שְׁ֭תַּיִםtwo [things]
shetayimH8147 →768 times
שָׁאַ֣לְתִּיI ask
shaaltiH7592 →
מֵאִתָּ֑ךְfrom with <the> you
meitakhH854 →929 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תִּמְנַ֥עyou withhold [them]
timna'H4513 →29 times
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיfrom me
mimeniH4480 →1188 times
בְּטֶ֣רֶם<in> before
beteremH2962 →56 times
אָמֽוּת׃I will die
ʾamutH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
it leads to
- Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalms 65:4
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Psalms 84:4
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
- Psalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 26:8
Through
Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
it leads to
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 16:5–6
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- John 10:27–28
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Psalms 27:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.