The title that is incorporated into verse 1 clearly indicates a new collection. But it is difficult to ascertain the extent of the sayings: does it extend to verse 4, 9, or 14? The fact that the 14 verses are found in the LXX after 24:22 would suggest that they were taken as a unit.

Proverbs 30:1–14

30:1 Agur is identified as son of Jakeh, but the next two words create some confusion (see Additional Notes) because both belong to prophetic speech: “burden,” “oracle.” It seems better to emend it slightly and read “of Massa” (mentioned in Gen. 25:14), and then take the second word and read literally with the MT, “The oracle of the man to. . . .” Because the proper names that follow are mysterious, many solutions have been proposed to replace them (as in the marginal reading of the NIV). See…