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Proverbs 30:27

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

KJV

regem locusta non habet, et egreditur universa per turmas suas ;

Vulgate

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

ASV

מֶ֭לֶךְ אֵ֣ין לָ/אַרְבֶּ֑ה וַ/יֵּצֵ֖א חֹצֵ֣ץ כֻּלּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַרְבֶּ֔ה
'rbh
noun · 24×
חֻצָּֽצוּ
chtstsv
verb · 3×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 10:4 — Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
  • Exod 10:13 — And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
  • Joel 1:4 — That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
  • Joel 1:6 — For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
  • Joel 2:7 — They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
  • Joel 2:7 — They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
  • Joel 2:25 — And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
  • Prov 6:7 — Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
  • Ps 105:34 — He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
  • Rev 9:3 — And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.