Proverbs 30 · Verse 18

Proverbs 30:18

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

Proverbs 30:18, King James Version

Proverbs 30:18 in other translations

BSB	There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
WEB	“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
ASV	There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
YLT	Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
DARBY	There are three things too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
BBE	There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
Webster	There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:

What does Proverbs 30:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 30:18-20

18-20. Hypocrisy is illustrated by four examples of the concealment of all methods or traces of action, and a pertinent example of double dealing in actual vice is added, that is, the adulterous woman.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:18-20

Four things cannot be fully known. The kingdom of nature is full of marvels. The fourth is a mystery of iniquity; the cursed arts by which a vile seducer gains the affections of a female; and the arts which a vile woman uses to conceal her wickedness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 30:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.Shahthree [things]H7969

הֵ֭מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992

נִפְלְא֣וּnif.le.'Uthey are [too] wonderfulH6381

מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifor meH4480

וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗הve.'ar.ba'and four [things]H702

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

יְדַעְתִּֽים\׃ye.da'.TimI know themH3045

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 30:18

Job 42:3
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

too.
Job 42:3; Ps 139:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 30:17
The 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.
Proverbs 30:18
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
Proverbs 30:19
The 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 maid.

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Proverbs 30:18 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Tres cosas me son ocultas; aun tampoco sé la cuarta:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Trois choses sont trop merveilleuses pour moi, et il en est quatre que je ne puis connaître:
German Elberfelder 1871	Drei sind es, die zu wunderbar für mich sind, und vier, die ich nicht erkenne:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Tria sunt difficilia mihi, et quartum penitus ignoro: