Proverbs 30:25
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,

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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: …

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Proverbs 30
1. Agur's confession of his faith
7. 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 ants
הַ֭נְּמָלִים (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


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