Proverbs 30:28

Proverbs 30:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
• New International Version (NIV)a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Lizards—they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.

Context of Proverbs 30:28

26The rock badgers are a feeble folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags; 27The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks; The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, And it is in kings’ palaces. 29There are three things which are majestic in pace, Yes, four which are stately in walk: 30A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any;

Proverbs 30:28 word by word

שְׂ֭מָמִית בְּיָדַ֣יִם תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ וְ֝הִ֗יא בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי מֶֽלֶךְ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The spiderשְׂמָמִיתώemâmîyth · lizardH8079
• taketh holdתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• with her handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• and is in kings’מֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• palacesהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: palaceH1964

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:28

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Spider - Rather, the Gecko (or Stellio), a genus of the lizard tribe, many species of which haunt houses, make their way through crevices in the walls, and with feet that secrete a venomous exudation catch the spiders or the flies they find there.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

Topics related to Proverbs 30:28

• Animals
• Industry
• Lizard
• Riddle
• Spider

In the dictionaries

• Agur
• Convenient
• Folk
• Food
• Spider
• Lizard
• Massa
• Poison
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Zoology

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