Proverbs 30:28
The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.
29There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:
Cross References
Leviticus 11:29These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:
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 →