Proverbs 30:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 42:3 : 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Ps 139:6 : 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 30:29
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29There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:
Prov 30:21
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21For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, [which] it cannot bear:
Prov 30:19
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19The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.
Prov 30:24
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24There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:
Job 42:3-4
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76%
3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Ps 139:6
76%
6[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Job 28:7
74%
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Job 9:10-11
2 verses
73%
10That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Prov 30:15-17
3 verses
72%
15The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [Yea], four that say not, Enough:
16Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
17The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
Prov 30:2-3
2 verses
71%
2Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
3And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
Eccl 7:24-25
2 verses
70%
24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Ps 73:16
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16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Job 15:9
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9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 28:12
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12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 35:11
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11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Eccl 8:17
69%
17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Job 28:20-21
2 verses
69%
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
Ps 139:4
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4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Job 31:4
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4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Job 12:3
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3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 5:9
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9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Job 20:4
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4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
Eccl 1:15
68%
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Job 37:5
68%
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Job 34:32
68%
32That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
Ps 8:8
67%
8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Job 37:16
67%
16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Eccl 3:18
67%
18I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
Job 38:20
67%
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
Job 28:23
67%
23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 29:4
67%
4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
Job 4:12
67%
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Job 11:8
67%
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
Job 39:13
67%
13The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Ps 92:6
67%
6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
Prov 7:7
67%
7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Eccl 11:5
67%
5As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
Eccl 3:14
67%
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
Job 38:2
66%
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 15:17
66%
17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:
Job 23:3
66%
3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
Prov 30:7
66%
7Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me [them] not before I die:
Job 26:14
66%
14Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?