Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: New Living Translation There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise: English Standard Version Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: Berean Standard Bible Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: King James Bible There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: New King James Version There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: New American Standard Bible Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: NASB 1995 Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: NASB 1977 Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: Legacy Standard Bible Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: Amplified Bible There are four things that are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: Christian Standard Bible Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Holman Christian Standard Bible Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: American Standard Version There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Four things are small in the Earth, and they are wiser than the wise: Brenton Septuagint Translation And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise: Contemporary English Version On this earth four things are small but very wise: Douay-Rheims Bible There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise: English Revised Version There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: GOD'S WORD® Translation Four things on earth are small, yet they are very wise: Good News Translation There are four animals in the world that are small, but very, very clever: International Standard Version Four things on earth are small, but they are very, very wise: JPS Tanakh 1917 There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise: Literal Standard Version Four [are] little ones of earth, | And they are made wiser than the wise: Majority Standard Bible Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: New American Bible Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise: NET Bible There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise: New Revised Standard Version Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: New Heart English Bible "There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: Webster's Bible Translation There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise: World English Bible “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: Young's Literal Translation Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress. 24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: 25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;… Cross References Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Proverbs 30:23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress. Proverbs 30:25 The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; Treasury of Scripture There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise: little Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: exceeding wise or wise or made wise Jump to Previous Earth Exceeding Exceedingly Extremely Four Little Ones Small Wise WiserJump to Next Earth Exceeding Exceedingly Extremely Four Little Ones Small Wise WiserProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented Verses 24-28. - Four things small and weak, and yet wise. Verse 24. - There be four things which are little upon the earth, in contrast with the intolerable pretensions of the last group. The Vulgate has minima; but the original is not superlative, which would not be true of some of the creatures named. But they are exceeding wise; "quick of wit, wise," the participle מְחֻכִּמִים meaning "rendered wise, cunning" (Delitzsch). The Septuagint and Vulgate translate in the comparatives. "These are wiser than the wise," the instincts of these animals being more marvellous than human wisdom. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Fourאַרְבָּ֣עָה (’ar·bā·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 702: Four things on earth אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land are small, קְטַנֵּי־ (qə·ṭan·nê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant yet they הֵ֭ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They are exceedingly מְחֻכָּמִֽים׃ (mə·ḥuk·kā·mîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 2449: To be wise wise: חֲכָמִ֥ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2450: Wise Links Proverbs 30:24 NIVProverbs 30:24 NLT Proverbs 30:24 ESV Proverbs 30:24 NASB Proverbs 30:24 KJV Proverbs 30:24 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:24 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:24 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:24 French Bible Proverbs 30:24 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:24 There are four things which are little (Prov. Pro Pr) |
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