Proverbs 30:26 (BSB)
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 30:26
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:24-28: I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four things that are little and yet are very admirable, great in miniature, in which, as bishop Patrick observes, he teaches us several good lessons; as, 1.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:26: The coneys are but a feeble folk,.... Or "rabbits"; though some think these creatures are not intended, because they are not so little as those with which they are ranked, the ant, the locust, and spider; and because of the places in which they burrow and make their houses, which though in holes and caverns of the earth, yet not in rocky but sandy places...
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 30:24-28: Pro 30:24-28 Another proverb with the cipher 4, its first line terminating in ארץ: 24 Four are the little things of the earth, And yet they are quick of wit - wise: 25 The ants - a people not strong, And yet they prepare in summer their food; 26 Conies - a people not mighty, And yet set their dwelling on the rocks; 27 No...