Proverbs 30:25
23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
26 the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
27 the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- KJV
- The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
- WEB
- The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
- ASV
- The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
- DARBY
- The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
- BLB
- The ants [are] a people not strong, and they prepare their food in the summer;
- ÅB
- Maurene er ikke noe sterkt folk, og enda lager de sin føde om sommeren;
- OTB
- Maur, selv om de er små og svake, lagrer de opp maten sin om sommeren;
- B1930
- Maurene er ikke noget sterkt folk, og enda lager de sin føde om sommeren;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:6–8
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
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