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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 prison 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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Ministry on This Verse

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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)
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John 3:13• 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (John 3:13)
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Rom. 10:6• 6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) (Rom. 10:6)
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Eph. 4:9‑10• 9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
 10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) (Eph. 4:9‑10)
who hath gathered.
Job 38:4‑41• 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
 14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
 17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
 20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
 21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
 24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
 35Canst thou send 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 heart?
 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. (Job 38:4‑41)
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Psa. 104:2‑35• 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
 3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
 4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
 5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
 6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
 7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
 8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
 10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
 11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
 12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
 13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
 14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
 15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
 16The trees of the Lord are full of sap; 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 hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
 19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
 21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
 22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.
 24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
 25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
 26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
 27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
 28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
 31The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
 33I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
 34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
 35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord. (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 heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
 13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
 14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
 15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
 17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations 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 curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
 23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take 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, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
 28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, 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 utterly fall:
 31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:12‑31)
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Isa. 53:8• 8He was taken from prison 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 unto 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 to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
 14And God said unto 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 unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord 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, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. (Ex. 6:3)
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Ex. 34:5‑7• 5And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
 6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:5‑7)
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Deut. 28:58• 58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; (Deut. 28:58)
and what.
Gen. 32:29• 29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. (Gen. 32:29)
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Judg. 13:18• 18And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? (Judg. 13:18)
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Psa. 2:7• 7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (Psa. 2:7)
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Isa. 7:14• 14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall 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 shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6)
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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, THE LORD 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 was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
 23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (Matt. 1:21‑23)
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Matt. 11:27• 27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)
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Luke 10:22• 22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will 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?