Proverbs 30:18 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

There are three things that are too amazing for me to understand, actually four things that I cannot figure out:

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is expressing humble amazement at certain mysteries in life that are beyond human understanding.

📚 Historical Context

This verse begins a numerical saying by Agur, a wisdom teacher whose words are recorded in Proverbs 30. This type of 'three things, even four' pattern was a common literary device in ancient Hebrew wisdom literature, building anticipation before revealing the list. Agur was known for his humility and acknowledgment of human limitations in understanding God's ways.

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