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


In Context

25 the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food 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 they advance in ranks.

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

29 |There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn't turn 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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