Proverbs 30:28
The lizard can be held in the hands, 1 yet is in heikhelot (palaces) of a melech. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27The arbeh (locusts) have no melech, 1 yet they go forth all of them in ranks; 1
29There are shloshah which are majestic in stride, 1 indeed, four are stately in walk: 1
Cross References
Leviticus 11:29These also shall be tamei unto you among the creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz: the weasel, and the rat, and the great lizard after its kind,
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 →