Proverbs 30:26

What does Proverbs 30:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Conies <FI>are<Fi> a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;

Context

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

v.26This passage

v.27The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 11:5

    And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

  • Psalms 104:18

    The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

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