Proverbs 30:27 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 30:27

25 ^aThe ants are a people not strong,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

26 ^aThe¹ rock badgers are a feeble folk,
Yet they make their homes in the crags;

27 The locusts have no king,
Yet they all advance in ranks;

28 The¹ spider skillfully grasps with its hands,
And it is in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things which are majestic in pace,
Yes, four which are stately in walk:

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 30:27

American Standard Version
The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Amplified® Bible
The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

Contemporary English Version
locusts, who have no king, but march like an army;

Darby English Version
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

Good News Bible
Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.

King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

New American Standard Bible
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;

New International Version
locusts have no king,
yet they advance together in ranks;

New King James Version
The locusts have no king,
Yet they all advance in ranks;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;

Revised Standard Version
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;

Young's Literal Translation
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

New English Translation
locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;¹