I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Some make Agur to be not the name of this author, but his character; he was a collector (so it signifies), a gatherer, one that did not compose things himself, but collected the wise sayings and observations of others, made abstracts of the writings of others, which some think is the reason why he says (Pro 30:3), "I have not learned wisdom myself, but have...
Commenting on Proverbs 30:1-6
I neither learned wisdom,.... Natural wisdom or philosophy, so as to understand the nature of things, and reason about them in a philosophical manner; or political wisdom, so as to know how to govern states, and manage the affairs of kingdoms; or in a lower sphere to transact the affairs of life to any peculiar advantage; he had not a polite or liberal education: or...
Pro 30:2-3 The כי now following confirms the fruitlessness of the long zealous search: 2 For I am without reason for a man, And a man’s understanding I have not. 3 And I have not learned wisdom, That I may possess the knowledge of the All-Holy.
Commenting on Proverbs 30:2-3