Proverbs Chapter 30 verse 2 Holy Bible
Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
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For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
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Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
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Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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"Surely I am the most ignorant man, And don't have a man's understanding.
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For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 2 and 3 confirm what is said in ver. 1 concerning the fruitlessness of the investigation there mentioned; the more he sought and studied, the more conscious he became of his own ignorance and of God's incomreprehensibility. Verse 2. - Surely I am more brutish than any man "Surely" (ki) should be "for" (see note on ver. l). Cheyne, "I am too stupid for a man;" I am a mere irrational beast (comp. Proverbs 12:1; Psalm 73:22). And have not the understanding of a man. I am not worthy to be called a man, as I possess not the intellectual faculty which a man ought to have. This is not ironical, as if he did not desire the statement to be taken in its full sense, and meant to say, "Of course it is my own stupidity that is in fault;" but it is a genuine confession of incompetence to investigate the subject matter, which is too mysterious for his mental powers to penetrate. Thus Solomon acknowledges that he is but a little child, nod prays for an understanding heart (1 Kings 3:7, 9; comp. Wisd. 9:5; Matthew 11:25).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Surely I am more brutish than any man.--Rather, than that I can be called a man, one "formed in the image of God." (Comp. Psalm 73:22.)
