Proverbs 30:27
Locusts have no king, 1 but all of them march in rank. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
In Context
26the rock badgers are not mighty creatures, 1 but they make their homes in the rocks. 1
28As for the lizard, you can hold it in your two hands, 1 yet they are found in kings' palaces. 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:13Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind over the land all that day and night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:15They covered the surface of the whole land so that it was darkened. They ate every plant in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Throughout all the land of Egypt, no living green plant remained, nor any tree or plant in the fields.
Joel 1:4What the swarming locust has left the great locust has eaten; 1 what the great locust has left the grasshopper has eaten; 1 and what the grasshopper has left the caterpillar has eaten. 1
Joel 2:7They run like mighty warriors; 1 they climb the walls like soldiers; 1 they march, every one in step, 1 and do not break their ranks. 1
Joel 2:25“I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten 1 —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust— 1 my mighty army that 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 →