Proverbs 30:27
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
In Context
26Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
28A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
Cross References
Exodus 10:13And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust.
Exodus 10:15and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.'
Joel 1:4What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath the cankerworm, And what is left of the cankerworm, Eaten hath the caterpillar.
Joel 2:7As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.
Joel 2:25And I have recompensed to you the years That consume did the locust, the cankerworm, And the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I did send against you.
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 →