Proverbs 30:25
the ants are creatures that are not strong, 1 but they prepare their food in the summer; 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24Four things on earth are small 1 and yet they are very wise: 1
26the rock badgers are not mighty creatures, 1 but they make their homes in the rocks. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Look at the ant, you lazy person, 1 consider her ways, and be wise. 1
Proverbs 10:5A wise son gathers a crop in the summer, 1 but it is disgraceful for him to sleep during harvest. 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 →