Proverbs 30:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
בָּעַר
bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעַר bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Study H1197 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c...
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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