Proverbs 30 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

Library Home>Proverbs 30 (WK)

Verse 3

Go

Verse 5

Articles on

Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

+

4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? whatb is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

b

Isa. 53:8• ⁸He was taken from detention 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)

More on:

+

Earth,

Garments,

Heaven,

Wind

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+

Who hath ascended.

Deut. 30:12• ¹²It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? (Deut. 30:12)

;

John 3:13• ¹³And no one hath gone up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man that is in heaven. (John 3:13)

;

Rom. 10:6• ⁶But the righteousness that [is] by faith thus speaketh, “Say not in thine heart, 'Who shall go up into heaven?' that is, to bring Christ down;” (Rom. 10:6)

;

Eph. 4:9‑10• ⁹Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower [parts] of the earth?
¹⁰He that descended, he it is also that ascended far 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?{HR}Declare if thou hast understanding.
⁵Who fixed its measure that thou shouldest know,{HR}Or who stretched the line upon it?
⁶Whereon are its sockets sunken,{HR}Or who laid down its corner-stone,
⁷When the morning stars sang together,{HR}And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
⁸And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
⁹When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
¹⁰And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves?
¹²Hast thou, from thy days, commanded the mornings,{HR}Made the dawn to know its place,
¹³To take hold of the wings of the earth,{HR}That the wicked might be shaken out of it,
¹⁴That it may change like signet-clay,{HR}And things stand forth like a garment,
¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withheld,{HR}And the uplifted arm is broken?
¹⁶Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea,{HR}And walked about the secret of the deep?
¹⁷Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee?{HR}And seest thou the gates of the shadow of death?
¹⁸Hast thou strictly attended to the breadths of the earth?{HR}Declare if thou knowest the whole of it.
¹⁹What [is] the way the light dwelleth,{HR}And darkness, where [is] its place,
²⁰That thou mightest bring it to its bound,{HR}And that thou mightest know the path [to] its house?
²¹Thou knowest! for thou wast then born,{HR}And the number of thy days [is] great.
²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow,{HR}Or hast thou seen the storehouses of the hail,
²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,{HR}Against the day of battle and war?
²⁴Where is the way the light is distributed,{HR}The east wind is dispersed over the earth?
²⁵Who divideth watercourses for the torrents,{HR}Or a way for the lightning of thunder,
²⁶To cause it to rain on the land [where is] no man.{HR}The wilderness wherein [is] no man,
²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste,{HR}And to make the place of the green herb to sprout?
²⁸Hath the rain a father?{HR}Or who begetteth the drops of dew?
²⁹Out of whose womb cometh the ice?{HR}And the frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
³⁰The waters hide themselves like stone,{HR}And the face of the deep cleaveth together.
³¹Canst thou bind the bands of the Pleiades,{HR}Or unloose the traces of Orion?
³²Canst thou bring forth the Zodiac in his season,{HR}And as for Arcturus with its young, guide them?
³³Knowest thou the laws of heaven?{HR}Canst thou set its dominion over the earth?
³⁴Canst thou apply thy voice to the cloud,{HR}And abundance of water shall cover thee?
³⁵Canst thou send forth lightnings, and they shall go{HR}And say to thee, here we [are]!
³⁶Who put wisdom in the inward parts?{HR}Or who gave understanding to the perception?
³⁷Who regulateth the clouds by wisdom,{HR}Or who inclineth the pitchers of heaven,
³⁸When the dust is poured into hardness,{HR}And the clods are compacted together?
³⁹Dost thou hunt prey for the lioness,{HR}And fill the desire of the young lions,
⁴⁰When they couch in dens — abide in the covert in ambush?
⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his meat,{HR}When his young cry to God [El] — wander without food? (Job 38:4‑41)

;

Psa. 104:2‑35• ²Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains;
³Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind;
⁴Making his angels spirits,{HR}His ministers a flaming fire.
⁵He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever.
⁶With the deep as the garment thou didst cover it;{HR}Upon the mountains stood waters;
⁷At thy rebuke they fled,{HR}At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
⁸Mountains rose, valleys sank,{HR}Unto this place thou hast founded for them:
⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass,{HR}That they return not to cover the earth.
¹⁰He sendeth springs into the valleys:{HR}Between mountains they walk:
¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field:{HR}Wild asses quench their thirst.
¹²By them birds of the heavens dwell;{HR}From among branches they give voice.
¹³He watereth mountains from his chambers;{HR}From fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied.
¹⁴He causeth to grow grass for the cattle{HR}And herb for the service of man,{HR}To bring forth bread from the earth;
¹⁵And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart.
¹⁶Satisfied are Jehovah's trees,{HR}Cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
¹⁷Where small birds nestle:{HR}[For] stork, firs [are] her house.
¹⁸The high mountains [are] for the wild goats,{HR}Crags a refuge for the rock-badgers.
¹⁹He made moon for seasons;{HR}Sun knoweth its down-going.
²⁰Thou settest darkness, and it is night,{HR}Wherein every beast of the forest moveth forth.
²¹The young lions roar for the prey,{HR}And for seeking their food from God .
²²The sun ariseth,{HR}They retire and lie down in their lairs.
²³Man goeth forth unto his work{HR}And unto his service until evening.
²⁴How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches.
²⁵Yonder [is] the sea, great and wide,{HR}Moving things there and without number,{HR}Living creatures small and great:
²⁶There ships go,{HR}This leviathan thou hast made to play therein;
²⁷All of them wait on thee{HR}To give [them] their food in its season.
²⁸Thou givest to them, they gather;{HR}Thou openest thy hand,{HR}They are satisfied with good.
²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;{HR}Thou withdrawest their breath,{HR}They expire and return to their dust.
³⁰Thou sendest thy spirit,{HR}They are created;{HR}And thou renewest the face of the ground.
³¹Let Jehovah's glory be forever;{HR}Let Jehovah rejoice in his works.
³²He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth;{HR}He toucheth mountains, and they smoke.
³³I will sing unto Jehovah while I live,{HR}I will sing psalms unto my God while I have being.
³⁴My meditation on him will be sweet;{HR}I will rejoice in Jehovah.
³⁵Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth,{HR}And wicked men shall be no more.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul. Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 104:2‑35)

;

Isa. 40:12‑31• ¹²Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [his] span, and comprehended 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] made him understand, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
¹⁵Behold, the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the fine dust on the balance; 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; and they are counted to him less than nothing, 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.
²⁰He that [is] impoverished so that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image [that] shall not be moved.
²¹Do ye not know? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?
²²[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a veil, 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 behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and strength of power, not one faileth.
²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my judgment is passed over 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, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding.
²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.
³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 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 be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:12‑31)

;

Isa. 53:8• ⁸He was taken from detention 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 to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say to them?
¹⁴And God said to Moses, I AM WHAT I AM; and he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you.
¹⁵And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to 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 to you; this [is] my name forever, and this my memorial to all generations. (Ex. 3:13‑15)

;

Ex. 6:3• ³and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. (Ex. 6:3)

;

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)

;

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, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore askest thou after my name? And he blessed him there. (Gen. 32:29)

;

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)

;

Psa. 2:7• ⁷"Let me declare the decree;{HR}Jehovah said unto me,{HR}'Thou art my Son;{HR}This day have I begotten thee.' (Psa. 2:7)

;

Isa. 7:14• ¹⁴Therefore will Jehovah Himself give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

;

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)

;

Jer. 23:6• ⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jer. 23:6)

;

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)

;

Matt. 11:27• ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him]. (Matt. 11:27)

;

Luke 10:22• ²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knoweth 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

+

4

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?

W. Kelly Translation

+

4

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

WK Verse Note

+

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)