Proverbs 30:24

What does Proverbs 30:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Four <FI>are<Fi> little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:

Context

v.23For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

v.24This passage

v.25The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;

Cross references

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  • Job 12:7

    But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

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