Proverbs 30:24

NETBible

There are four things on earth that are small, 1  but they are exceedingly wise: 2 

NIV ©

"Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

NASB ©

Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

NLT ©

There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:

MSG ©

There are four small creatures, wisest of the wise they are--

BBE ©

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

NRSV ©

Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

NKJV ©

There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

KJV
There be four
<0702>
[things which are] little
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upon the earth
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but they [are] exceeding
<02449> (8794)
wise
<02450>_:
{exceeding...: Heb. wise, made wise}
NASB ©
Four
<702>
things
<702>
are small
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on the earth
<776>
, But they are exceedingly
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wise
<2450>
:
LXXM
tessara
<5064> 
A-NPN
de
<1161> 
PRT
estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
elacista {A-NPNS} epi
<1909> 
PREP
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
ghv
<1065> 
N-GSF
tauta
<3778> 
D-NPN
de
<1161> 
PRT
estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
sofwtera
<4680> 
A-NPNC
twn
<3588> 
T-GPM
sofwn
<4680> 
A-GPM
NET [draft] ITL
There
<01992>
are four things
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on earth
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that are small
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, but they
<01992>
are exceedingly
<02449>
wise
<02450>
:
HEBREW
Mymkxm
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Mymkx
<02450>
hmhw
<01992>
Ura
<0776>
ynjq
<06996>
Mh
<01992>
hebra (30:24)
<0702>
NETBible

There are four things on earth that are small, 1  but they are exceedingly wise: 2 

NET Notes

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.

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).