Proverbs 30 · Verse 5

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Proverbs 30:5, King James Version

Proverbs 30:5 in other translations

BSBEvery word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
WEB“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
ASVEvery word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
YLTEvery saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.
DARBYEvery word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
BBEEvery word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
WebsterEvery word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him.

What does Proverbs 30:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. (Compare Psa 12:6; 119:140).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Every word of God is pure - כל אמרת אלוה צרופה col imrath eloah tseruphah, "Every oracle of God is purified." A metaphor taken from the purifying of metals. Every thing that God has pronounced, every inspiration which the prophets have received, is pure, without mixture of error, without dross. Whatever trials it may be exposed to, it is always like gold: it bears the fire, and comes out with the same lustre, the same purity, and the same weight. He is a shield unto them - And this oracle among the rest. "He is the defense of all them that put their trust in him." לכל lechol, to all, is added here by nineteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS.; for instead of לחסים lachosim, to the trusters, they read לכל החוסים lechol hachosim, "to Every One of them that trust." Where the preposition and adjective are not only added, but the noun is written more full, and more emphatic: but a translation cannot well express it without paraphrase.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:1-6

Agur speaks of himself as wanting a righteousness, and having done very foolishly. And it becomes us all to have low thoughts of ourselves. He speaks of himself as wanting revelation to guide him in the ways of truth and wisdom. The more enlightened people are, the more they lament their ignorance; the more they pray for clearer, still clearer discoveries of God, and his rich grace in Christ Jesus. In ver.#(4)…

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Proverbs 30:5 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.

כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
אִמְרַ֣ת'im.Ratword ofH565
אֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433
צְרוּפָ֑הtze.ru.Fah[is] refinedH6884
מָגֵ֥ןma.Gen[is] a shieldH4043
ה֝֗וּאHu'heH1931
לַֽחֹסִ֥יםla.cho.Simfor <the> [those who] take refugeH2620
בּֽוֹ\׃boin him

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

Cross references for Proverbs 30:5

  • Psalms 18:30

    As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

  • Psalms 12:6

    The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Psalms 3:3

    But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

  • Psalms 119:140

    Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

  • Genesis 15:1

    After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

  • Psalms 91:2

    I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  • Romans 7:12

    Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  • Psalms 19:8

    The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  • Psalms 144:2

    My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

  • Psalms 115:9-11

    O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
word.
Ps 12:6; 18:30; 19:8; 119:140; Ro 7:12; Jas 3:17
pure. Heb. purified.
Ge 15:1; Ps 84:11; 91:2; 115:9-11; 144:2

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Context

  • Proverbs 30:4

    Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

  • Proverbs 30:5

    Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

  • Proverbs 30:6

    Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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Proverbs 30:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toda palabra de Dios es limpia; es escudo á los que en él esperan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Toute parole de ✝Dieu est affinée; il est un bouclier pour ceux qui s’attendent à lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle Rede Gottes ist geläutert; ein Schild ist er denen, die auf ihn trauen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnis sermo Dei ignitus: clypeus est sperantibus in se.