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Men as grasshoppers: —

1. So little and inconsiderable.

2. Of such small value.

3. Of such little use.

4. So easily crushed. Proud men's lifting up themselves is but like the grasshopper's leap; in an instant they must down to the earth again.

( M. Henry.)

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KJV: It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

WEB: It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;