💡WEB · Proverbs 30:28
What does Proverbs 30:28 mean?
"You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces."
— Proverbs 30:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
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