Proverbs 30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Proverbs 30:26 in other translations
| BSB | the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks; |
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| WEB | The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks. |
| ASV | The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks; |
| YLT | Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, |
| DARBY | the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff; |
| BBE | The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks; |
| Webster | The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks; |
What does Proverbs 30:26 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…
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.
Proverbs 30:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 30:26
- Psalms 104:18
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
- Leviticus 11:5
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
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Context
- 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;
- Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Proverbs 30:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los conejos, pueblo nada esforzado, y ponen su casa en la piedra; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | les damans, peuple sans puissance, et qui ont placé leurs maisons dans le rocher; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die Klippendächse, ein nicht kräftiges Volk, und doch setzen sie ihr Haus auf den Felsen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | lepusculus, plebs invalida, qui collocat in petra cubile suum; |