Proverbs 30:25
The ants [are] a people not strong, || And they prepare their food in summer,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24Four [are] little ones of earth, || And they are made wiser than the wise:
26hyraxes [are] a people not strong, || And they place their house in a rock,
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O slothful one, || See her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 10:5Whoever is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, || Whoever is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing 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 →