the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Proverbs 30:27
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locusts have no king,yet all of them march in ranks;
The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
Locusts have no king, but they all go forward in formation.
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in groups;
The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks;
The locusts have no king,Yet all of them go out in rank;
the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
locusts, who have no king, but march like an army;
the locusts, who have no king, yet they all march out in ranks;
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
locusts have no king, but they are able to work together;
The locusts who have no king, and yet they all gather together.
Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.
there is no king for the locust, yet it marches in rank;
the locusts have no king, yet they go out in a swarm, all of them;
The greshoppers haue not a gyde, yet go they forth together by heapes.
The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands.
The grashoppers haue not a guide, yet go they foorth together by heapes:
He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: but he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress.
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis,
The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;
The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.
The locusts have no king, but they go as an army.
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
King, is there none, to, the locusts, - yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The locusts: Exodus 10:4-6, Exodus 10:13-15, Psalms 105:34, Joel 1:4, Joel 1:6, Joel 1:7, Joel 2:7-11, Joel 2:25, Revelation 9:3-11
by bands: Heb. gathered together
Cross-References
I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And he said, Lord, if I haue now founde fauour in thy sight, goe not, I pray thee, from thy seruant.
And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.
Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?
So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.
After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.
So she conceiued & bare a sonne, and said, God hath taken away my rebuke.
For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lorde hath blessed thee by my comming: but nowe when shall I trauell for mine owne house also?
Then Esau said, I will leaue then some of my folke wt thee. And he answered, what needeth this? let me finde grace in the sight of my lorde.
Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The locusts have no king,.... These are small creatures also, yet very devouring ones; and consume the fruits of the earth, wherever they come and light; see Exodus 10:13; they are very numerous, and move in large bodies, and yet with great regularity and order; which shows the wisdom there is in them by natural instinct, though they have no king to command, guide, and direct them: in this the mystical locusts differ from them, who have a king, whose name is Abaddon, Revelation 9:11;
yet they go forth all of them by bands; the Targum is,
"they are all gathered together as one.''
They get together in one place; they associate and join themselves in bands, and keep together, though they have no ruler over them; an emblem of unity, concord, and harmony, let the form of government be what it will, as the best security to a people: and these creatures, when they move from place to place, they move in a body, in a very regular manner; "in precise order" u, as the words may be rendered, with great exactness, everyone in his proper place, all in rank and file; and though they have no general to marshal them, yet are in, and march in as good order as the most regular army does. So the Arabic version,
"yet in their army, their affairs and manner are in a beautiful disposition;''
indeed they are God's army, as they are called, Joel 2:25; and it is he that gives them their wisdom, instructions, directions, and commission. It is rendered by some, "everyone cutting"; that is, as Kimchi w interprets it, cutting the green grass and trees; or, "every one dividing" x; that is, to himself, the prey or spoils, as kings do; see Isaiah 33:4.
u Vid. Hilier. Onomastic. Sacr. p. 187. w Sepher Shorash. rad. חצץ; so Stockius, p. 377. "exeidens omnia, herbas, scil. et fruges", Schindler. col. 633. so Ben Melech. x חצץ כלו "unaquaeque sibi dividens", Bochart; so Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare Joel 2:7-8; the most striking fact in the flight of the locust-swarms was their apparent order and discipline, sweeping over the land like the invasion of a great army.
