The Words of Agur
Proverbs 30:7
In 10 translations
- BSB
- Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:
- KJV
- Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:deny…: Heb. withhold not from me
- WEB
- “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
- ASV
- Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die:
- LSV
- Two things I have asked from You, || Do not withhold from me before I die.
- YLT
- Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.
- DBY
- Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
- DRC
- Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.
- GNV
- Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.
- JPS
- Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שְׁ֭תַּיִם שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵאִתָּ֑ךְ אַל־תִּמְנַ֥ע מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי בְּטֶ֣רֶם אָמֽוּת׃
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- 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 LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- 2 Kings 2:9After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
- Psalms 21:2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
- 1 Kings 3:5–9One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked…
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