Proverbs 30:28
The lizard seizeth with its hands, And is in king's palaces.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27The locusts have no king, Yet do they all go forth in bands.
29These three have a graceful step; Yea, four are graceful in their walk:
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 →