Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die: New Living Translation O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die. English Standard Version Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Berean Standard Bible Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die: King James Bible Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: New King James Version Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): New American Standard Bible Two things I have asked of You; Do not refuse me before I die: NASB 1995 Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die: NASB 1977 Two things I asked of Thee, Do not refuse me before I die: Legacy Standard Bible Two things I asked of You, Do not withhold from me before I die: Amplified Bible Two things I have asked of You; Do not deny them to me before I die: Christian Standard Bible Two things I ask of you; don’t deny them to me before I die: Holman Christian Standard Bible Two things I ask of You; don’t deny them to me before I die: American Standard Version Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die: Aramaic Bible in Plain English I have requested two things of you; do not deny me them before I die. Brenton Septuagint Translation Two things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die. Contemporary English Version There are two things, Lord, I want you to do for me before I die: Douay-Rheims Bible Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die. English Revised Version Two things have I asked of thee; deny me them not before I die: GOD'S WORD® Translation "I've asked you for two things. Don't keep them from me before I die: Good News Translation I ask you, God, to let me have two things before I die: International Standard Version God, I have asked you for two things— don't refuse me before I die— JPS Tanakh 1917 Two things have I asked of Thee; Deny me them not before I die: Literal Standard Version Two things I have asked from You, | Do not withhold from me before I die. Majority Standard Bible Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die: New American Bible Two things I ask of you, do not deny them to me before I die: NET Bible Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die: New Revised Standard Version Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die: New Heart English Bible "Two things I have asked of you; do not deny me before I die: Webster's Bible Translation Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die: World English Bible “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die. Young's Literal Translation Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. 7Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die: 8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.… Cross References Proverbs 30:6 Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion. Treasury of Scripture Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die: have 1 Kings 3:5-9 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee… 2 Kings 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. Psalm 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. Jump to Previous Death Deny Die Refuse Request Required WithholdJump to Next Death Deny Die Refuse Request Required WithholdProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented (7) Two things have I required of thee.--The commencement of a series of numerical proverbs. (See above on Proverbs 6:16.) Before I die--i.e., while life lasts. Verses 7-9. - A mashal ode, containing two requests, and a rationale of the latter. The matter of the two prayers connects it with ver. 6, whether we consider that the limitation of man's desire follows naturally the limitation of his knowledge (Plumptre). or that the warning against being reproved as a liar is corroborated by the prayer against vanity and lies (but see below, on ver. 9). It is the first of Agur's numerical proverbs. Verse 7. - Two things have I required of thee. The personal pronoun applies to God, who, according to our interpretation, has been invoked in ver. 1; otherwise it stands without reference to anything preceding. Deny me not before I die; i.e. grant me these two things for the rest of my life. Septuagint, "Take not grace (χάριν) from me before I die."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Twoשְׁ֭תַּיִם (ta·yim) Number - fd Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) things I ask שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי (šā·’al·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand of You— מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not refuse me תִּמְנַ֥ע (tim·na‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4513: To debar, from benefit, injury before בְּטֶ֣רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before I die: אָמֽוּת׃ (’ā·mūṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill Links Proverbs 30:7 NIVProverbs 30:7 NLT Proverbs 30:7 ESV Proverbs 30:7 NASB Proverbs 30:7 KJV Proverbs 30:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:7 French Bible Proverbs 30:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:7 Two things I have asked of you (Prov. 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