Proverbs 30:27
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
In Context
26the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks,
28the lizard takes hold with her hands, yet she is in kings' palaces.
Cross References
Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night, and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:15For they covered the face of the whole ground, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. And there remained not any green thing, either tree nor herb
Joel 1:4That which the palmer-worm has left the locust has eaten, and that which the locust has left the canker-worm has eaten, and that which the canker-worm has left the caterpillar has eaten.
Joel 2:7They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like men of war, and they march each one on his ways. And they do not break their ranks.
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm has eaten--my great army which I sent among you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:25-29
Four Things Little and Wise. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four… Read the whole commentary →