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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who hath ascended up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
into heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, or descended
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
? who hath gathered
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
the wind
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
in his fists
chophen (Hebrew #2651)
a fist (only in the dual)
KJV usage: fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).
Pronounce: kho'-fen
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain signification
? who hath bound
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
in a garment
simlah (Hebrew #8071)
a dress, especially a mantle
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare 8008.
Pronounce: sim-law'
Origin: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of 5566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath)
? who hath established
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
all the ends
'ephec (Hebrew #657)
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also (like 6466) the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
KJV usage: ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
Pronounce: eh'-fes
Origin: from 656
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
? whatb is his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
, and what is his son’s
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
, if thou canst tell
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 53:8• 8He was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isa. 53:8)

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Who hath ascended.
Deut. 30:12• 12It is not in the heavens, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to the heavens, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it? (Deut. 30:12)
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John 3:13• 13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. (John 3:13)
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Rom. 10:6• 6But the righteousness of faith speaks thus: Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down; (Rom. 10:6)
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Eph. 4:9‑10• 9But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
 10He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; (Eph. 4:9‑10)
who hath gathered.
Job 38:4‑41• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
 6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
 10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
 12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
 14It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment:
 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
 16Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
 17Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
 18Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
 19Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
 20That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
 21Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
 22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
 23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
 24By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?
 25Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
 30When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
 31Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
 32Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
 33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
 34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
 35Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
 37Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
 38When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
 39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:4‑41)
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Psa. 104:2‑35• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;--
 3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
 4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
 6Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
 7At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away;--
 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them;--
 9Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
 10He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
 11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
 12The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.
 13He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
 15And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
 16The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
 17Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
 18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
 19He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
 21The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from *God.
 22The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
 25Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
 26There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
 27These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
 28That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.
 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
 31The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
 33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.
 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.
 35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah! (Psa. 104:2‑35)
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Isa. 40:12‑31• 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
 13Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, as his counsellor, hath taught him?
 14With whom took he counsel, and who gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
 15Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
 17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
 18To whom then will ye liken *God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
 19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.
 20He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
 21--Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
 23that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
 25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
 26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth.
 27Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
 29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
 30Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:12‑31)
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Isa. 53:8• 8He was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isa. 53:8)
what is his name.
Ex. 3:13‑15• 13And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
 14And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: I AM hath sent me unto you.
 15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. (Ex. 3:13‑15)
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Ex. 6:3• 3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as the Almighty *God; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them. (Ex. 6:3)
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Ex. 34:5‑7• 5And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
 6And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:5‑7)
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Deut. 28:58• 58If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD; (Deut. 28:58)
and what.
Gen. 32:29• 29And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there. (Gen. 32:29)
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Judg. 13:18• 18And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful? (Judg. 13:18)
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Psa. 2:7• 7I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee. (Psa. 2:7)
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Isa. 7:14• 14Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)
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Isa. 9:6• 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty *God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6)
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Jer. 23:6• 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:6)
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Matt. 1:21‑23• 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins.
 22Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying,
 23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.' (Matt. 1:21‑23)
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Matt. 11:27• 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)
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Luke 10:22• 22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him. (Luke 10:22)
• How vast the ignorance of the most learned man, when confronted with questions like these! We are at once reminded of the Lord’s challenge to Job, in the 38th and 39th chapters of the wonderful book that bears his name. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)
• No man, apart from divine revelation, could reply to the questions here asked. The first never found an answer until the words of our Lord concerning Himself, as recorded in John 3:13... (Eph. 4:9-10). (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)
• The question, “What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?” followed by the challenge, “Declare, if thou canst tell,” finds its answer in the New Testament revelation of the Father and the Son. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou knowest?