Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
KJV
formicæ, populus infirmus, qui præparat in messe cibum sibi ;
Vulgate
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
ASV
הַ֭/נְּמָלִים עַ֣ם לֹא עָ֑ז וַ/יָּכִ֖ינוּ בַ/קַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָֽ/ם
Hebrew
The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 1849×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְמָלָ֥ה
nmlh
noun · 2×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
עָ֑ז
'z
noun · 24×
קַ֖יִץ
qyts
noun · 20×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Prov 6:8 — Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
- Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.