Parallel Verses

Amplified


I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom,
Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].

New American Standard Bible

Neither have I learned wisdom,
Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

King James Version

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Holman Bible

I have not gained wisdom,
and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

International Standard Version

I never acquired wisdom, but I know what the Holy One knows.

A Conservative Version

and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

American Standard Version

And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

Bible in Basic English

I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Darby Translation

I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

Julia Smith Translation

I learnt not wisdom, and I shall not know the knowledge of the holy.

King James 2000

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I have not learned wisdom, nor will I know knowledge of the Holy One.

Modern King James verseion

I have not learned wisdom, nor the knowledge of the holy.

NET Bible

I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

New Heart English Bible

I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

The Emphasized Bible

Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.

Webster

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

World English Bible

I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Youngs Literal Translation

Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

the knowledge
דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Oracle Of Agur

2
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].
3 
I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom,
Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].
4
Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!


Cross References

Proverbs 9:10


The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence],
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight.

Job 11:7-9


“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

Isaiah 6:3

And one called out to another, saying,

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is filled with His glory.”

Isaiah 6:10


“Make the heart of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

Isaiah 30:11


“Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God],
Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 57:15


For the high and exalted One
He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this,
“I dwell on the high and holy place,
But also with the contrite and humble in spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the humble
And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].

Amos 7:14-15

Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet [by profession], nor am I a prophet’s son; I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son [deliberately] wills to reveal Him.

Matthew 16:17

Then Jesus answered him, “Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, favored by God] are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood (mortal man) did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!

Ephesians 3:18-19

be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love];

Revelation 3:7

“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write:

“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,

Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God].”

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