“Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of his hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
What is the name of the person’s child?
Surely you know!”
Then Agur asks a serious of penetrating questions. This is something like a riddle. Some Christians have interpreted these questions to be an allusion to Jesus. However, this seems to be an allusion to a creative God. This God came down and went back to heaven. He gathered the wind in his hand and the waters in his garments. He established all the ends of the earth. Then there is that intriguing question. What is his name? What is the name of the son or child of that person? Then in a sarcastic tone, he admonishes all that surely everyone should know who he is and his name.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 