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Proverbs 30:24

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

KJV

Quatuor sunt minima terræ, et ipsa sunt sapientiora sapientibus :

Vulgate

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

ASV

אַרְבָּ֣עָה הֵ֭ם קְטַנֵּי אָ֑רֶץ וְ֝/הֵ֗מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים מְחֻכָּמִֽים

Hebrew

There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 12:7 — But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
  • Prov 30:15 — The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: