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OET-LV If/because [am]_stupid I from_man and_not [the]_understanding of_a_person to_me.
UHB כִּ֤י בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי׃ ‡
(kiy ⱱaˊar ʼānokiy mēʼiysh vəloʼ-ⱱīnat ʼādām liy.)
Key: red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 30:2 verse available
BrTr No BrTr PRO 30:2 verse available
ULT Surely, I am more stupid than a man,
⇔ and the understanding of man is not mine.
UST I am certainly less intelligent than other people.
⇔ Indeed, I do not understand as much as everyone else understands!
BSB Surely I am the most ignorant of men,
⇔ and I lack the understanding of a man.
OEB For dull as a brute am I,
⇔ not a man with the mind of a man.
WEBBE “Surely I am the most ignorant man,
⇔ and don’t have a man’s understanding.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Surely I am more brutish than any other human being,
⇔ and I do not have human understanding;
LSV For I am more brutish than anyone,
And do not have the understanding of a man.
FBV I'm so stupid I'm not really a man; I can't even think like a human being.
T4T ⇔ It seems that I am very stupid;
⇔ I do not deserve to be considered to be a human;
⇔ I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
LEB • am more stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind is not for me.
BBE For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Moff No Moff PRO book available
JPS Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;
ASV Surely I am more brutish than any man,
⇔ And have not the understanding of a man;
DRA I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
YLT For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Drby Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
RV Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man:
Wbstr Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
KJB-1769 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
KJB-1611 Surely I am more brutish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man.
(Surely I am more brutish then any man, and have not the understanding of a man.)
Bshps Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng.
(Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and have no mans understanding.)
Gnva Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.
(Surely I am more foolish then any man, and have not the understanding of a man in me. )
Cvdl For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige
(For though I am ye/you_all least of all, and have no mas understodige)
Wycl and seide, Y am the moost fool of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me.
(and said, I am the most fool of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me.)
Luth Denn ich bin der allernärrischste, und Menschenverstand ist nicht bei mir.
(Because I am the/of_the allernärrischste, and Menschenverstand is not at to_me.)
ClVg [Stultissimus sum virorum, et sapientia hominum non est mecum.[fn]
([Stultissimus I_am of_men, and sapientia of_men not/no it_is mecum. )
30.2 Stultissimus. Filii hujus sæculi prudentiores sunt filiis lucis in generatione sua Luc. 16.. Et Apostolus: Si quis videtur esse sapiens in hoc sæculo, stultus fiat, ut sit sapiens I Cor. 3.. Non didici ab homine, sed, donante Deo, ut sanctorum scientiam noscam. Et Apostolus: Nos stulti propter Christum: iterum ait, Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos. Sapientiam vero non hominum, scilicet neque principum hujus sæculi, qui destruuntur.
30.2 Stultissimus. Children huyus sæculi prudentiores are childrens lucis in generatione sua Luc. 16.. And Apostolus: When/But_if who/any videtur esse sapiens in this sæculo, stultus fiat, as let_it_be sapiens I Cor. 3.. Non didici away homine, sed, donante Deo, as sanctorum scientiam noscam. And Apostolus: Nos stulti propter Christum: again ait, Sapientiam however loquimur between perfectos. Sapientiam vero not/no of_men, scilicet nor of_the_princes huyus sæculi, who destruuntur.
30:1b-3 Agur expresses his ignorance (cp. Ps 73:22, where the psalmist calls himself a senseless animal). The first step toward wisdom is acknowledging what we do not know.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי
stupid I from=man and=not understanding humankind to=me
Agur says these two clauses as extreme statements for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “I feel like I am more stupid than a man, and that the understanding of mankind is not mine”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
30:2–33 is a long quotation of what Agur said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate this with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי
stupid I from=man and=not understanding humankind to=me
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “I am more stupid than a man; indeed, the understanding of mankind in not mine”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
מֵאִ֑ישׁ & אָדָ֣ם
from=man & humankind
In this verse, man refers to people in general, not to a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “than any person … any person”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בִינַ֖ת
understanding
See how you translated the abstract noun understanding in 1:2.