Proverbs 30:25
The nemalim (ants) are an am (people) not strong, 1 yet they store up their lechem in the kayitz (summer); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 things which are little upon eretz, 1 but they are exceeding chachamim: 1
26The badgers are but a feeble folk, 1 yet they make their bais in the rocks; 1
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in kayitz is a ben maskil (son of wisdom), 1 but he that sleepeth in katzir (harvest) is a ben that causeth shame. 1
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 →