Proverbs 30 · Verse 25

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs 30:25, King James Version

Proverbs 30:25 in other translations

BSBThe ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
WEBThe ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
ASVThe ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
YLTThe ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
DARBYThe ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
BBEThe ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;
WebsterThe ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

What does Proverbs 30:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 30:24-31

24-31. These verses provide two classes of apt illustrations of various aspects of the moral world, which the reader is left to apply. By the first (Pr 30:25-28), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (Pr 30:30, 31) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:24-28

Four things that are little, are yet to be admired. There are those who are poor in the world, and of small account, yet wise for their souls and another world.

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Proverbs 30:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַ֭נְּמָלִיםHa.ne.ma.limthe antsH5244
עַ֣ם'am[are] a peopleH5971
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
עָ֑ז'AzstrongH5794
וַיָּכִ֖ינוּvai.ya.Khi.nuand they preparedH3559
בַקַּ֣יִץva.Ka.yitzin the summerH7019
לַחְמָֽם\׃lach.Mamfood theirH3899

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 30:25

  • Proverbs 6:6-8

    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The ants may truly be called a people, as they have houses, towns, public roads, etc.; and shew their wisdom and prudence by preparing their meat in due season.
6:6-8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 30:24

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

  • Proverbs 30:25

    The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

  • Proverbs 30:26

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

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Proverbs 30:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Las hormigas, pueblo no fuerte, y en el verano preparan su comida;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		les fourmis, peuple sans force, et qui préparent en été leurs vivres;
German
Elberfelder 1871		die Ameisen, ein nicht starkes Volk, und doch bereiten sie im Sommer ihre Speise;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		formicæ, populus infirmus, qui præparat in messe cibum sibi;