Proverbs 30:27
What does Proverbs 30:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
KJV
King James Version · 1611The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out--each one shouting,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:4
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border:
- Joel 2:7
They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.
- Psalms 105:34
He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
- Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
- Revelation 9:3
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Joel 1:4
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
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