28The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.


In Context

25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

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

28 The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

29 There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:

30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;

Proverbs 30:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:28a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:28The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:28The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings palaces.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:28thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:28The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings' palaces,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:28You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:28A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.