Proverbs 30:24

30:24 There are four things on earth that are small, ¹ 

but they are exceedingly wise: ² 

[30:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Four are the small things of the earth.” TEV has “four animals,” though in the list of four that follows, two are insects and one is a reptile.

[30:24]  ² tn The construction uses the Pual participle with the plural adjective as an intensive; these four creatures are the very embodiment of wisdom (BDB 314 s.v. חָכַם Pu).