English Standard Version
Proverbs 30:27
27the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
Proverbs 30:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
- New International Version (NIV)locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
- New King James Version (NKJV)The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.
Context of Proverbs 30:27
25the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 28the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces. 29Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
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מֶ֭לֶךְ אֵ֣ין לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה וַיֵּצֵ֖א חֹצֵ֣ץ כֻּלּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 30:27
- Exodus 10:4For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
- Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
- Joel 1:4What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Joel 2:7Like warriors they charge; like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way; they do not swerve from their paths.
- Revelation 9:3Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
Commentaries on Proverbs 30:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Compare Joel 2:7-8; the most striking fact in the flight of the locust-swarms was their apparent order and discipline, sweeping over the land like the invasion of a great army.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-28Verses 24-28 Four things that are little, are yet to be admired. There are those who are poor in the world, and of small account, yet wise for their souls and another world.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-28Here is another example of number parallelism: small, seemingly insignificant animals can be surprisingly powerful and resourceful.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. These verses provide two classes of apt illustrations of various aspects of the moral world, which the reader is left to apply. By the first (Pr 30:25-28), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (Pr 30:30, 31) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting efficiency with gracefulness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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