Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, therefore do they prepare in the summer their food;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24There are four which are the little ones of the earth, and they are nevertheless exceedingly wise:
26The conies are but a feeble people, therefore do they place on the rocks their houses;
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; [but] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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 →