Proverbs 30:28
And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command.
29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:29And these are unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,
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 →