Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; New Living Translation Ants—they aren’t strong, but they store up food all summer. English Standard Version the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; Berean Standard Bible The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; King James Bible The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; New King James Version The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer; New American Standard Bible The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer; NASB 1995 The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer; NASB 1977 The ants are not a strong folk, But they prepare their food in the summer; Legacy Standard Bible The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer; Amplified Bible The ants are not a strong people, Yet they prepare their food in the summer; Christian Standard Bible ants are not a strong people, yet they store up their food in the summer; Holman Christian Standard Bible the ants are not a strong people, yet they store up their food in the summer; American Standard Version The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Ants that have no power in them and from the harvest they prepare their bread, Brenton Septuagint Translation the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer; Contemporary English Version Ants, who seem to be feeble, but store up food all summer long; Douay-Rheims Bible The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest: English Revised Version The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their meat in the summer; GOD'S WORD® Translation Ants are not a strong species, yet they store their food in summer. Good News Translation Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer. International Standard Version Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer. JPS Tanakh 1917 The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer; Literal Standard Version The ants [are] a people not strong, | And they prepare their food in summer, Majority Standard Bible The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; New American Bible Ants—a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer; NET Bible ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer; New Revised Standard Version the ants are a people without strength, yet they provide their food in the summer; New Heart English Bible the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer. Webster's Bible Translation The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; World English Bible The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer. Young's Literal Translation The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: 25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; 26the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;… Cross References Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Proverbs 30:24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: Treasury of Scripture The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; Proverbs 6:6-8 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: … Jump to Previous Creatures Food Little Meat Prepare Provide Store Strength Strong SummerJump to Next Creatures Food Little Meat Prepare Provide Store Strength Strong SummerProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented Verse 25. - The ants are a people not strong. The ant is proposed as an example to the sluggard (Proverbs 6:6, etc.). He calls the ants a people, am, because they live in a community, and have authorities which they obey, and their actions are regulated by certain definite laws. So Joel (Joel 1:6) calls the locusts a nation, and Homer ('Iliad,' 2:87) speaks of ἔθνεα μελισσάων ἀδινάων, "the tribes of thronging bees." Yet they prepare their meat in the summer. In countries where ants hybernate the object of this commended foresight is mistaken; but the statement, as that in Proverbs 6:6-8, is in accordance with the popular belief of the day, and serves well to point the moral intended. We know certainly that in Europe these insects fill their nests with heterogeneous articles - grain, seeds, husks, etc., not as stores to be consumed in the winter, but for warmth and comfort's sake. Scripture is not intended to teach science; it speaks of such matters phenomenally, with no attempt at a precision which would not have been understood or appreciated by contemporaries. But in the present case more careful observation has confirmed the correctness of the asset. tions in our proverbs. In countries where, ants do not hybernate, they do make granaries for themselves in the summer, and use these supplies as food in the winter months (see note on Proverbs 6:8). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew the antsהַ֭נְּמָלִים (han·nə·mā·lîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5244: An ant are not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no a strong עָ֑ז (‘āz) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5794: Strong, vehement, harsh species, עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock yet they store up וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ (way·yā·ḵî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3559: To be erect their food לַחְמָֽם׃ (laḥ·mām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain in the summer; בַקַּ֣יִץ (ḇaq·qa·yiṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7019: To awake Links Proverbs 30:25 NIVProverbs 30:25 NLT Proverbs 30:25 ESV Proverbs 30:25 NASB Proverbs 30:25 KJV Proverbs 30:25 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:25 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:25 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:25 French Bible Proverbs 30:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:25 The ants are not a strong people (Prov. 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