Proverbs 30:26-28

Amplified Bible

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The ^[a]shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;^(A)
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The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in groups;
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You may grasp the lizard with your hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 30:26 Small, shy, furry animals, (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and in the region around the Dead Sea; kjv coney, orig NASB badgers.