Proverbs 30:24–25
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30:24There are four things on earth that are small,62
but they are exceedingly wise:63
30:25ants are creatures with little strength,
but they prepare64 their food in the summer;
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- 62 Heb “Four are the small things of the earth.” has “four animals,” though in the list of four that follows, two are insects and one is a reptile.
- 63 The construction uses the Pual participle with the plural adjective as an intensive; these four creatures are the very embodiment of wisdom ( 314 חָכַם Pu).
- 64 The wisdom of the ants is found in their diligent preparation (כּוּן, kun) of food supplies in the summer for times in the winter when food is scarce. See S. P. Toperoff, “The Ant in the Bible and Midrash,” Dor le Dor 13 (1985): 179–83. According to this, being prepared ahead of time is a mark of true wisdom.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
Ants are creatures of little strength,
yet they store up their food in the summer;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;
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NLTNew Living Translation
There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
There are four small things on the earth,
and they are exceedingly wise:
The ants are a people who are not strong,
yet they prepare their food in the summer;
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KJV 1900King James Version
There be four things which are little upon the earth,
But they are exceeding wise:
The ants are a people not strong,
Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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