Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: New Living Translation There are three things that amaze me— no, four things that I don’t understand: English Standard Version Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: Berean Standard Bible There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand: King James Bible There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: New King James Version There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand: New American Standard Bible There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: NASB 1995 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: NASB 1977 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: Legacy Standard Bible There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: Amplified Bible There are three things which are too astounding and unexpectedly wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: Christian Standard Bible Three things are too wondrous for me; four I can’t understand: Holman Christian Standard Bible Three things are beyond me; four I can’t understand: American Standard Version There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: Contemporary English Version There are three or four things I cannot understand: English Revised Version There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: GOD'S WORD® Translation Three things are too amazing to me, even four that I cannot understand: Good News Translation There are four things that are too mysterious for me to understand: International Standard Version Three things cause wonder for me; four are beyond my understanding: Majority Standard Bible There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand: NET Bible There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand: New Heart English Bible "There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I do not understand: Webster's Bible Translation There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not: World English Bible “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand: Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThree things have been too wonderful for me, "" Indeed, four that I have not known: Young's Literal Translation Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: Smith's Literal Translation They three were wonderful above me; and four, I knew them not: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThree things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. Catholic Public Domain Version Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant: New American Bible Three things are too wonderful for me, yes, four I cannot understand: New Revised Standard Version Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThere are three things that are hidden from me, yea, four which I do not know: Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Three things are hidden from me, and a fourth I have not known exists: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: Brenton Septuagint Translation Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it. 18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand: 19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.… Cross References Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” / But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. Job 5:9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count. Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Matthew 13:11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 13:7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Romans 16:25-26 Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past / but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith— Treasury of Scripture There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not: too Job 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Jump to Previous Amazing Four Outside Overcomes Three Understand Wonder WonderfulJump to Next Amazing Four Outside Overcomes Three Understand Wonder WonderfulProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented There are three things This phrase introduces a common literary device in Hebrew poetry known as numerical parallelism, where a list is introduced with a number and then expanded by one. This technique emphasizes the completeness and significance of the list. The number three often symbolizes completeness or divine perfection in biblical literature, suggesting that the author is about to reveal profound truths. too wonderful for me four that I cannot understand Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereהֵ֭מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They are three [things] שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה (šə·lō·šāh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice too wonderful נִפְלְא֣וּ (nip̄·lə·’ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful for me, מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of four וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה (wə·’ar·bā·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Strong's 702: Four that 0 (0) 0 Strong's Hebrew I cannot לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no understand: יְדַעְתִּֽים׃ (yə·ḏa‘·tîm) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 3045: To know Links Proverbs 30:18 NIVProverbs 30:18 NLT Proverbs 30:18 ESV Proverbs 30:18 NASB Proverbs 30:18 KJV Proverbs 30:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:18 French Bible Proverbs 30:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:18 There are three things which are too (Prov. 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