## Proverbs Chapter 30

###### Proverbs 30:1
[Proverbs 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:1)

דִּבְרֵ֤י**׀** אָג֥וּר בִּן־יָקֶ֗ה הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א נְאֻ֣ם הַ֭גֶּבֶר לְאִיתִיאֵ֑ל לְאִ֖יתִיאֵ֣ל וְאֻכָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The words of Agur son of Yaqe, the burden. Thus says the man, I am weary, O God, I am weary, O God, and I am consumed:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
These are the words [of Solomon] who collected understanding [and] "vomited" [it]. This prophecy was stated by the man [(Solomon)] about himself]: Because [I said (contrary to the exhortations of the Torah)]: "Because G-d is with me — Because G-d is with me, I can" [(take many wives and multiply gold and horses and not go astray)] —


###### Proverbs 30:2
[Proverbs 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:2)

כִּ֤י בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for I am more brutish than a man, and have not the understanding of a man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Now I see] that I am void of [the intellect of] man and do not have man's understanding.


###### Proverbs 30:3
[Proverbs 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:3)

וְלֹֽא־לָמַ֥דְתִּי חׇכְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים אֵדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have not learned wisdom; that I should desire to have the knowledge of the holy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I did not learn wisdom, and I [did not] know the knowledge of the holy ones [(having detracted from or added to the words of Moses)].


###### Proverbs 30:4
[Proverbs 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:4)

מִ֤י עָלָֽה־שָׁמַ֨יִם**׀** וַיֵּרַ֡ד מִ֤י אָֽסַף־ר֨וּחַ**׀** בְּחׇפְנָ֡יו מִ֤י צָֽרַר־מַ֨יִם**׀** בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗ה מִ֭י הֵקִ֣ים כׇּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ מַה־שְּׁמ֥וֹ וּמַֽה־שֶּׁם־בְּ֝נ֗וֹ כִּ֣י תֵדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who has ascended up into heaven, and come down again? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound 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, if thou canst tell?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who [like Moses] ascended to heaven and descended? Who [like Moses] gathered wind [(the furnace-soot) viz. Exodus 9:8-10] in his hand? Who tied the waters in a cloak? [viz. Exodus 15:8]. Who raised [the mishkan, whereby there were founded] all the ends of the earth? [If you would contend that there was someone like Moses,] what is his name what is his son's name? [(How, then, did you not fear to transgress his words?)]


###### Proverbs 30:5
[Proverbs 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:5)

כׇּל־אִמְרַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַּ צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לַחֹסִ֥ים בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Every word of God is proven: he is a shield to those who put their trust in him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All the words of the L-rd are refined [(He wrote nothing to no end and I should have heeded them)]; He is a shield to those who trust in Him.


###### Proverbs 30:6
[Proverbs 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:6)

אַל־תּ֥וֹסְףְּ עַל־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן־יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Add not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not add to His words, lest He prove to you [(that you have sinned through your addition)] and you be foiled.


###### Proverbs 30:7
[Proverbs 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:7)

שְׁ֭תַּיִם שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵאִתָּ֑ךְ אַל־תִּמְנַ֥ע מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי בְּטֶ֣רֶם אָמֽוּת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Two things have I asked of thee; do not deny me them before I die:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I ask two things of You; do not withhold [them] from me before I die.


###### Proverbs 30:8
[Proverbs 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:8)

שָׁ֤וְא**׀** וּֽדְבַר־כָּזָ֡ב הַרְחֵ֬ק מִמֶּ֗נִּי רֵ֣אשׁ וָ֭עֹשֶׁר אַל־תִּֽתֶּן־לִ֑י הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי לֶ֣חֶם חֻקִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with my allotted portion:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Keep vanity and falseness far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth, but allot me my daily bread.


###### Proverbs 30:9
[Proverbs 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:9)

פֶּ֥ן־אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע**׀** וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮ וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מִ֥י־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה וּפֶֽן־אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהָֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest I become sated, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate the name of my God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest [(being rich)] I be sated and [(out of pride)] deny [the L-rd], saying: "Who is the L-rd?" and lest I become impoverished and steal and take the name of my G-d [in vain, in swearing that I have not stolen].


###### Proverbs 30:10
[Proverbs 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:10)

אַל־תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑ו פֶּֽן־יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not libel a servant [i.e., do not bring judgment against him] to his Master, lest he curse you and you be incriminated.


###### Proverbs 30:11
[Proverbs 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:11)

דּ֭וֹר אָבִ֣יו יְקַלֵּ֑ל וְאֶת־אִ֝מּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א יְבָרֵֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Do not libel even] a generation that curses its father and does not bless [(but curses)] its mother.


###### Proverbs 30:12
[Proverbs 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:12)

דּ֭וֹר טָה֣וֹר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וּ֝מִצֹּאָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רֻחָֽץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Even] a generation that holds itself pure in its own eyes, and does not cleanse itself of its dung.


###### Proverbs 30:13
[Proverbs 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:13)

דּ֭וֹר מָה־רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑יו וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Even] a generation of how-haughty-are-its-eyes and how upraised its pupils.


###### Proverbs 30:14
[Proverbs 30:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:14)

דּ֤וֹר**׀** חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Even] a generation whose [outer] teeth are swords and its inner teeth knives to consume the poor from the land and the needy from [the community of] men.


###### Proverbs 30:15
[Proverbs 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:15)

לַ֥עֲלוּקָ֨ה**׀** שְׁתֵּ֥י בָנוֹת֮ הַ֤ב**׀** הַ֥֫ב שָׁל֣וֹשׁ הֵ֭נָּה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־אָ֥מְרוּ הֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied; four that never say, It is enough.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The leech [i.e., the grave] has two daughters [Paradise and Gehinnom, each saying]: "Give me, give me." There are three that are never sated, and a fourth that never says "Enough!"


###### Proverbs 30:16
[Proverbs 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:16)

שְׁאוֹל֮ וְעֹ֢צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא־שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לֹא־אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She᾽ol; and the barren womb; the earth that is never sated with water; and the fire that never says, It is enough.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sheol [the grave], the closing up of the womb [i.e., intercourse], the land unsated with water, and the fire [of Gehinnom], which never says "Enough!"


###### Proverbs 30:17
[Proverbs 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:17)

עַ֤יִן**׀** תִּ֥לְעַ֣ג לְאָב֮ וְתָבֻ֢ז לִֽיקְּהַ֫ת־אֵ֥ם יִקְּר֥וּהָ עֹֽרְבֵי־נַ֑חַל וְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָ בְנֵי־נָֽשֶׁר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The eye that mocks a father and spurns a mother's lore will be gouged out by the ravens of the stream [(but not eaten by them, ravens being cruel to their offspring)] and will be eaten by the sons of the eagle [(eagles being merciful to their offspring)].


###### Proverbs 30:18
[Proverbs 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:18)

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה נִפְלְא֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נִּי (וארבע) [וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה] לֹ֣א יְדַעְתִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There are three [whose ways (i.e., destinations) are] hidden from me, and a fourth that I do not know:


###### Proverbs 30:19
[Proverbs 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:19)

דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַנֶּ֨שֶׁר**׀** בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ דֶּ֥רֶךְ נָחָ֗שׁ עֲלֵ֫י־צ֥וּר דֶּרֶךְ־אֳנִיָּ֥ה בְלֶב־יָ֑ם וְדֶ֖רֶךְ גֶּ֣בֶר בְּעַלְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the way of the vultures in the air; the way of a snake upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a young woman.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a snake upon a stone, the way of a boat in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.


###### Proverbs 30:20
[Proverbs 30:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:20)

כֵּ֤ן**׀** דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה לֹא־פָעַ֥לְתִּי אָֽוֶן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Likewise the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done nothing wrong.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: She "eats" and wipes her "mouth" and says: I have done no wrong.


###### Proverbs 30:21
[Proverbs 30:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:21)

תַּ֣חַת שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֑רֶץ וְתַ֥חַת אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל שְׂאֵֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because of three [things] the earth trembles, and because of a fourth she cannot bear [(i.e., she cannot stand up under her trembling)].


###### Proverbs 30:22
[Proverbs 30:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:22)

תַּֽחַת־עֶ֭בֶד כִּ֣י יִמְל֑וֹךְ וְ֝נָבָ֗ל כִּ֣י יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for a slave when he becomes king; and a fool when he is filled with food;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because of a servant that attains rulership, and a scoundrel that is sated with bread,


###### Proverbs 30:23
[Proverbs 30:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:23)

תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי־תִירַ֥שׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
because of a hateful woman [(a harlot)] who weds a husband, and a maidservant who inherits [the place of] her mistress.


###### Proverbs 30:24
[Proverbs 30:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:24)

אַרְבָּ֣עָה הֵ֭ם קְטַנֵּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים מְחֻכָּמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There are four among the small [creatures] of the earth, who have been made wise [by the Creator]:


###### Proverbs 30:25
[Proverbs 30:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:25)

הַ֭נְּמָלִים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָ֑ז וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ בַקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their bread in the summer;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The ants, a nation that is not strong, and who [yet] prepare their food in the summer,


###### Proverbs 30:26
[Proverbs 30:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:26)

שְׁ֭פַנִּים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָצ֑וּם וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ בַסֶּ֣לַע בֵּיתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[the] rabbits, a nation that is not powerful, and who [yet] make their abode in the rock;


###### Proverbs 30:27
[Proverbs 30:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:27)

מֶ֭לֶךְ אֵ֣ין לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה וַיֵּצֵ֖א חֹצֵ֣ץ כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
there is no king to the locusts, and they [yet] go out in a [single] swarm;


###### Proverbs 30:28
[Proverbs 30:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:28)

שְׂ֭מָמִית בְּיָדַ֣יִם תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ וְ֝הִ֗יא בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי מֶֽלֶךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The lizard clambers up with her hands, and she is in king’s palaces.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
the spider grasps [walls] with her hands, and she dwells in the palaces of the king.


###### Proverbs 30:29
[Proverbs 30:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:29)

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are three things which are stately in their tread; four are comely in their stride:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There are three that step securely, and a fourth that walks in confidence:


###### Proverbs 30:30
[Proverbs 30:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:30)

לַ֭יִשׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה וְלֹא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a lion which is strongest among beasts, and does not turn away for anyone;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The lion, the strongest of the beasts, who does not turn back from anything,


###### Proverbs 30:31
[Proverbs 30:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:31)

זַרְזִ֣יר מׇתְנַ֣יִם אוֹ־תָ֑יִשׁ וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְ אַלְק֥וּם עִמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a greyhound; a he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
the thigh-belted [hound (the greyhound)], the he-goat, and the king whom none can withstand.


###### Proverbs 30:32
[Proverbs 30:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:32)

אִם־נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ יָ֣ד לְפֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting thyself up, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you have sullied [i.e., demeaned] yourself, [you are destined] to ascend; and if you have plotted [recrimination], put your hand to your mouth [in silence].


###### Proverbs 30:33
[Proverbs 30:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/30:33)

כִּ֤י מִ֪יץ חָלָ֡ב י֘וֹצִ֤יא חֶמְאָ֗ה וּֽמִיץ־אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם וּמִ֥יץ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם י֣וֹצִיא רִֽיב׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely the wringing of milk brings forth curd, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For pressing milk produces butter, and pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.