The Meaning of Proverbs 30:33 Explained

Proverbs 30:33

KJV: Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

YLT: For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

Darby: For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.

ASV: For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Surely the churning  of milk  bringeth forth  butter,  and the wringing  of the nose  bringeth forth  blood:  so the forcing  of wrath  bringeth forth  strife. 

What does Proverbs 30:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 30:18-33 - Lessons From Common Things
We have four more quatrains.
1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount the air, or the serpent find a hold on the slippery rock, or a ship plow her way across the deep, or a man and woman fall in love by a secret interchange of heart which no one else perceives? And further how can a sinner continue to sin without experiencing remorse?
2. There are four intolerable conditions: a slave in authority, a pampered fool, an ill-assorted marriage, and a slave-girl, like Hagar, preferred to her mistress.
3. There are four kinds of animals which prove that it is possible to be insignificant and yet be wise: the ant, the cony, the locust, and the lizard, r.v.
4. There are four things which give the idea of stateliness in motion: a lion, a greyhound, a he-goat, and a king "against whom there is no rising up." This remarkable collection ends with an exhortation to the repression of anger. Sometimes to refuse to express one's passion is the surest way of killing it. Treat it like a room on fire. Shut door and window, that it may die for want of air. Ask God's holy sunlight to replace the unholy heat of your soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 30

1  Agur's confession of his faith
7  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

What do the individual words in Proverbs 30:33 mean?

For [as] the churning of milk produces butter and wringing the nose produces blood so the forcing of wrath strife -
כִּ֤י מִ֪יץ חָלָ֡ב י֘וֹצִ֤יא חֶמְאָ֗ה וּֽמִיץ־ אַ֭ף י֣וֹצִיא דָ֑ם וּמִ֥יץ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם רִֽיב פ

כִּ֤י  For  [as] 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מִ֪יץ  the  churning 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִיץ  
Sense: squeezing, pressing, wringing.
חָלָ֡ב  of  milk 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָב  
Sense: milk, sour milk, cheese.
י֘וֹצִ֤יא  produces 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
חֶמְאָ֗ה  butter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶמְאָה  
Sense: curd, butter.
וּֽמִיץ־  and  wringing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִיץ  
Sense: squeezing, pressing, wringing.
אַ֭ף  the  nose 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַף 
Sense: nostril, nose, face.
י֣וֹצִיא  produces 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
דָ֑ם  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
וּמִ֥יץ  so  the  forcing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִיץ  
Sense: squeezing, pressing, wringing.
אַ֝פַּ֗יִם  of  wrath 
Parse: Noun, md
Root: אַף 
Sense: nostril, nose, face.
רִֽיב  strife 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רִיב 
Sense: strife, controversy, dispute.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation