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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remove far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from me vanity
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
and lies
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
me neither poverty
reysh (Hebrew #7389)
or riysh {reesh}; from 7326; poverty
KJV usage: poverty.
Pronounce: raysh
Origin: or resh {raysh}
nor riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
; feed
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
me with food
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
ηconvenient
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
for me:
η
of my allowance.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 21:6• 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue{HR}[Is] a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)
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Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap vanity;{HR}And the rod of his wrath shall have an end. (Prov. 22:8)
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Prov. 23:5• 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon what is not?{HR}For indeed it maketh itself wings, and it flieth away,{HR}As an eagle toward the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)
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Psa. 62:9‑10• 9Only a breath [are] lowborn men,{HR}A lie are highborn men;{HR}In a balance they go up less than a breath together.
 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:9‑10)
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Psa. 119:29,37• 29Way of falsehood remove from me,{HR}And thy law grant me graciously.
 37Turn away mine eyes from seeing vanity;{HR}In thy way quicken me. (Psa. 119:29,37)
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Eccl. 1:2• 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,{HR}Vanity of vanities; the whole [is] vanity. (Eccl. 1:2)
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Isa. 5:18• 18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope; that say, (Isa. 5:18)
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Isa. 59:4• 4None sueth in righteousness, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:4)
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John 2:8• 8And he saith to them, Draw now and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried. (John 2:8)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
feed.
Gen. 28:20• 20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, (Gen. 28:20)
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Gen. 48:15‑16• 15And he blessed Joseph and said, The God before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, the God that tended me all my life long till this day,
 16the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth . (Gen. 48:15‑16)
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Ex. 16:15,18,21‑22,29,35• 15And the children of Israel saw it , and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
 18And they measured with the omer: then he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little wanted nothing: they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating.
 21And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
 22And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.
 29See, for Jehovah hath given you the Sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.
 35And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came into an inhabited land: they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. (Ex. 16:15,18,21‑22,29,35)
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Matt. 6:11,33• 11give us today our needed bread,
 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Matt. 6:11,33)
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Luke 11:3• 3Give us our needed bread for each day; (Luke 11:3)
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1 Tim. 6:6‑8• 6But piety with contentment is great gain.
 7For we brought nothing into the world; because neither can we carry anything out.
 8But having food and covering we shall be therewith satisfied. (1 Tim. 6:6‑8)
convenient for me.
Heb. of my allowance.
2 Kings 25:30• 30and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:30)
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Jer. 37:21• 21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. (Jer. 37:21)
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Jer. 52:34• 34and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. (Jer. 52:34)
• He desired that vanity and lies be far removed from him. The man of God fears sin and hates it. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)
• He who knows himself understands well why Agur could pray for moderate circumstances, if it were the will of God. He did not distrust divine power to keep him in any state. He did distrust himself. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

W. Kelly Translation

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Remove far from me vanity and lies;{HR}Give me neither poverty nor riches;{HR}Feed me with the bread of my daily need:{HR}

WK Verse Note

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