King James Version
Proverbs 30:24 in the King James Version says “There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: exceeding: Heb. wise, made wise” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: exceeding: Heb. wise, made wise”
Proverbs 30:24 · KJV
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: exceeding: Heb. wise, made wise
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“things which are little”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
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