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King James Version

Proverbs 30:27

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by 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;
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;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:
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 be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 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 taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

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
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord , if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 26:24
And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Genesis 30:2
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 30:5
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:21
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis 30:23
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis 30:30
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Genesis 33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 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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