Proverbs 30:25

Proverbs 30:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
• New International Version (NIV)Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
• English Standard Version (ESV)the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Context of Proverbs 30:25

23a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress. 24There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise: Ants—they aren’t strong, but they store up food all summer. 26Hyraxes—they aren’t powerful, but they make their homes among the rocks. 27Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.

Proverbs 30:25 word by word

הַ֭נְּמָלִים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָ֑ז וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ בַקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The antsנְמָלָהnemâlâh · antH5244
• a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• not strongעַז‛az · strongH5794
• yet they prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• their meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• in the summerקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019

Cross-references for Proverbs 30:25

• Proverbs 6:6Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25See the marginal reference note. Note the word “people” applied here to ants, as to locusts in Joel 1:6. The marvel lies in their collective, and, as it were, organized action.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 30:25

• Animals
• Ant
• Industry
• Riddle
• Summer

In the dictionaries

• Agur
• Ant
• Convenient
• Folk
• Food
• Massa
• 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