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Proverbs 30:27

The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Industry;   Locust;   Riddle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Locusts;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Locust, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Locust;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Caterpillar;   Insects;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agur;   Jakeh;   Massa;   Proverb;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Locust;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Locusts;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Locust;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Band;   Locust;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
locusts have no king,yet all of them march in ranks;
Hebrew Names Version
The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks;
King James Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
English Standard Version
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
New American Standard Bible
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
New Century Version
Locusts have no king, but they all go forward in formation.
Amplified Bible
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in groups;
World English Bible
The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks;
Geneva Bible (1587)
The grashopper hath no King, yet goe they forth all by bandes:
Legacy Standard Bible
The locusts have no king,Yet all of them go out in rank;
Berean Standard Bible
the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
Contemporary English Version
locusts, who have no king, but march like an army;
Complete Jewish Bible
the locusts, who have no king, yet they all march out in ranks;
Darby Translation
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
Easy-to-Read Version
locusts have no king, but they are able to work together;
George Lamsa Translation
The locusts who have no king, and yet they all gather together.
Good News Translation
Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.
Lexham English Bible
there is no king for the locust, yet it marches in rank;
Literal Translation
the locusts have no king, yet they go out in a swarm, all of them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The greshoppers haue not a gyde, yet go they forth together by heapes.
American Standard Version
The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Bible in Basic English
The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
King James Version (1611)
The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The grashoppers haue not a guide, yet go they foorth together by heapes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis,
Update Bible Version
The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Webster's Bible Translation
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
New English Translation
locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;
New King James Version
The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
New Living Translation
Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.
New Life Bible
The locusts have no king, but they go as an army.
New Revised Standard
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
King, is there none, to, the locusts, - yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
Revised Standard Version
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
Young's Literal Translation
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;

Contextual Overview

24 There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise. 25 The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest: 26 The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock: 27 The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands: 28 The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings’ houses.

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

Genesis 12:3
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 18:3
And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant.
Genesis 26:24
Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father, do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Genesis 30:2
And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
Genesis 30:5
When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
Genesis 30:21
After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina.
Genesis 30:23
And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.
Genesis 30:30
Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable, therefore, that I should now provide also for my own house.
Genesis 33:15
Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people, at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.
Genesis 34:11
Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight, and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give:

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.


 
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