| NETBible | ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare 1 their food in the summer; |
| NIV © |
Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; |
| NASB © |
The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer; |
| NLT © |
Ants––they aren’t strong, but they store up food for the winter. |
| MSG © |
ants--frail as they are, get plenty of food in for the winter; |
| BBE © |
The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer; |
| NRSV © |
the ants are a people without strength, yet they provide their food in the summer; |
| NKJV © |
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer; |
| KJV | The ants <05244> [are] a people <05971> not strong <05794>_, yet they prepare <03559> (8686) their meat <03899> in the summer <07019>_; |
| NASB © |
The ants <5244> are not a strong <5794> people <5971> , But they prepare <3559> their food <3899> in the summer ;<7019> |
| LXXM | oi <3588> T-NPM murmhkev {N-NPM} oiv <3739> R-DPM mh <3165> ADV estin <1510> V-PAI-3S iscuv <2479> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ etoimazontai <2090> V-PMI-3P yerouv <2330> N-GSN thn <3588> T-ASF trofhn <5160> N-ASF |
| NET [draft] ITL | ants <05244> are creatures <05971> with little <03808> strength <05794> , but they prepare <03559> their food <03899> in the summer ;<07019> |
| HEBREW | Mmxl <03899> Uyqb <07019> wnykyw <03559> ze <05794> al <03808> Me <05971> Mylmnh (30:25) <05244> |
| NETBible | ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare 1 their food in the summer; |
| NET Notes |
1 sn The wisdom of the ants is found in their diligent preparation (כּוּן, kun) of food supplies in the summer for times in the winter when food is scarce. See S. P. Toperoff, “The Ant in the Bible and Midrash,” Dor le Dor 13 (1985): 179-83. According to this, being prepared ahead of time is a mark of true wisdom. |