Proverbs 30:27
The arbeh (locusts) have no melech, 1 yet they go forth all of them in ranks; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
In Context
26The badgers are but a feeble folk, 1 yet they make their bais in the rocks; 1
28The lizard can be held in the hands, 1 yet is in heikhelot (palaces) of a melech. 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:13And Moshe stretched forth his matteh over Eretz Mitzrayim, and Hashem brought a ruach kadim upon the land all that yom, and all that lailah; and when it was boker, the ruach hakadim brought the arbeh.
Exodus 10:15For they covered the kol ha'aretz, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat kol esev ha'aretz, and kol p'ri haetz which the barad had left as remnant; and there remained not any yerek baetz, or in the esev hasadeh, through kol Eretz Mitzrayim.
Joel 1:4That which the locust swarm hath left 1 hath the arbeh (great locust) eaten; 1 and that which the arbeh hath left 1 hath the crawling locust eaten; 1 and that which the crawling locust hath left 1 hath the other locust eaten. 1
Joel 2:7They shall run like gibborim; 1 they shall climb the chomah (wall) like anshei milchamah; 1 and they shall march every one in formation, 1 and they shall not swerve from their course; 1
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the shanim (years) 1 that the arbeh (great locust) hath eaten, 1 the crawling locust, and the other locust, and the locust swarm, 1 My great army which I sent among you. 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 →